Table XX.
Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year 1923.
Victoria.
Month. Hongkong Victoria. Total. Kowloon. New Territories. Grand Total. Harbour. West. Central. East. outside Victoria. January, 3 9 17 4 28 40 57 :- February, 4 14 21 5 9 5 1 20 41 March,.. 7 8 10 25 14 21 4 39 64 April, 22 17 9 48 10 1] 26 74 May, 30 15 16 61 15 32 53 114 Jane, 38 23 10 71 13 14 3 30 101. July, 20 17 10 47 14 26 5 45 92 August, 12 11 10 33 5 24 2 31 64 September, 15 18 8 41 14 24 10 48 89 October, 69 38 14 121 8 50 10 69 190 November, 135 78 14 227 13 70 15 98 325 December, 81 57 36 174 20 85 12 117 291 Grand Total. 436 294 156 886 135 394 85 2 616 1,502 † Total for 1922, 110 115 160 385 105 408 67 4 584 969* In 1922, of 969, none was taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries. † In 1923, of 1,502 none was taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.
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