# Table XIX.
Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year 1917.
Month. Victoria. Hongkong outside Victoria. Kowloon. New Territories. Total. Grand Total. West. Central. East. January, 35 28 2 31 19 3 85 162 February, 93 86 1 50 12 1 162 243 March, 31 121 33 8 6 85 199 April, 159 280 6 0 0 58 286 May, 28 19 40 0 0 58 91 June, 86 39 6 0 0 18 76 July, 2 19 8 8 0 28 22 August, 121 77 22 10 4 64 92 September, 31 4 11 0 15 46 October, 19 50 42 8 8 22 91 November, 39 3 57 4 10 22 74 December, 19 21 32 12 13 22 78 Grand Total, 632 806 3 341 104 53 1,066 Total for 1916, 520 1,051 1,051* In 1917, of 1,066, 317 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries. † In 1916, of 1,051, 521 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.