Appendix M.
RETURN OF CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
NON-CHINESE. Number certified. Number uncertified of Non-Chinese deaths. Number Notified to Coroner. Medical Reference by private practi-tioners. M 31 Year Number certified. Number uncertified. Percentage certified. Percentage uncertified. Number of Chinese deaths. Hongkong. Kowloon. Total CHINESE. T.W.H. K.W.H. Medical Coroner. Notified by private practi-tioners. 1923 247 205 1 3 38 82.9 17.1 15,289 5,849 1,146 6,995 601 573 40 12 7,067 45.75 54.25 1924 252 209 43 82.9 17.1 15,301 3,124 4,346 7,470 813 360 27 5 6,626 48.82 51.17N.B.—"Certified" signifies a death the cause of which has been certified on Form 16 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 by a registered medical practitioner or licentiate who has attended the case before death.