Table XIX.
Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year 1918.
Victoria.
Month. Victoria. Hongkong outside Victoria. New Territories. Grand Total. West. Central. East. Total. Harbour. Kowloon. January, 9 15 14 38 4 27 February, 15 12 19 46 I 25 47 35 73 33 79 March, 32 22 18 72 3 52 10 65 137 April, 9 14 11 34 1 45 5 51 85 May, 11 13 5 29 14 45 7 66 95 June, 15 20 10 45 26 32 58 103 July, 5 9 10 24 11 17 2 30 54 August, 10 7 9 26 21 27 September, 6 6 17 6 21 October, 7 14 8 29 7 28 November, 10 9 6 25 3 26 December, 8 6 6 20 11 36 NO 10 to * 50 76 36 53 5 1 41 70 6 35 60 55 75 Grand Total, 137 147 121 405 108 381 65 1 555 960 * Total for 1917, 132 202 127 461 141 407 53 4 605 1,066 † In 1918, of 960, 43 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries. † In 1917, of 1,066, 317 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.C 33 -