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Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is almost universally done but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.
Appendix O shows the ratio of Certified and Uncertified deaths.
In this connection it is worthy of note that the records of registered midwives alone show a total of 7,978 (4,137 male and 3,841 female) as against the total officially registered 4,057 Chinese (2,547 male, 1,510 female).
DEATH REGISTRATION OFFICES
Sanitary Department, Head Office. Yaumati Police Station. Shaukiwan Police Station.
Aberdeen Police Station. No. 7 Police Station.
No. 2 Police Station.
Kowloon City Police Station. Sham Shui Po Police Station. Stanley Police Station.
BIRTH REGISTRATION OFFICES
Sanitary Department, Head Office. Yaumati Chinese Public Dispensary. Hunghom Chinese Public Dispensary. Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary. Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary. Eastern Chinese Public Dispensary. Western Chinese Public Dispensary.
Central Chinese Public Dispensary.
Shaukiwan Chinese Public Dispensary.
Aberdeen Police Station.
Stanley Police Station.
Shaukiwan Police Station.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
17.-(1.) Appendix M shows under the various heads the revenue collected by the Department during 1923 and also revenue paid to the Treasury in respect of the Department's contracts.
(2.) Appendix N shows under various headings the expenditure of the year. The increase of $40,000 over last year is due mainly to personal emoluments $28,000 (Chief Inspector, First Clerk and Scavenging staff), coffins $1,000 (Small-pox epidemic) Vaccination bonus $600, Barge fuel $3,000 (new tug) Purchase of bullocks $2,000 (losses through rinderpest); and rat poison $1,700 (stock of barium carbonate; and birdlime).