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INTERMENTS.
The following number of burials in the various cemeteries took place during the year 1917 and 1918-
General Cemeteries.
1917 1918 Colonial... 60 64 Roman Catholic 956 1,297 Mohammedan 34 62 Parsee 0 0 Japanese Crematorium 28 33 Sikh Crematorium 9 18 Jewish 0 1 Malay 0 0 Roman Catholic, Mount Caroline.. 0 1 Total.......... 1,087 1,476Chinese Cemeteries.
1917 1918 Mount Caroline 575 1,249* Kai Lung Wan 1,078 1,509 Tung Wah Hospital...... 4,530 5,608 Protestant.. 42 61 Eurasian 2 7 Aberdeen 238 273 Stanley 34 33 Shek O 7 2 Chinese Permanent Cemetery. 28 41 Lamma Island 10 0 Hau Pui Lung 2,429 2,899 Sai Yu Shek..... 104 117 Sai Yu Shek (Christian) 9 10 Kowloon Tong 112 180 Chai Wan 215 207 Tai Shek Ku.. 3 5 Total... 9,416 12,201DISINFECTING STATION.
The Disinfecting Station in Victoria and Kowloon dealt with 53,063 articles of clothing, bedding, etc., (36,767 in 1917).
The disinfecting apparatus in Victoria was in use on 202 days and that in Kowloon on 122 days.
*Grave No. 10304 Mount Caroline Cemetery contains the remains of the people burnt at the Race Course on February 27th. Total coffins 494.
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