REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
The area of the Colony, except when otherwise mentioned, dealt with in this report includes the island of Hongkong, the Kowloon peninsula and that portion of the New Territories known as New Kowloon on the mainland but does not include the remaining or greater portion of the New Territories such being without the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory in the Kowloon peninsula are:- Latitude 22° 18′ 13.2′′ N Longitude 114° 10' 27" E.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following table gives the means or totals of the meteorological data for the several months of the whole year 1924.
Month
Barometer at M.S.L.
TEMPERA-TURE
HUMI-DITY
Cloudiness
Sunshine
Rain
WIND
ins.
Max. Mean, Min.
Rel. Abs.
p.c.
hours.
ins.
Direction. Vel.
January
30.17
65.9 | 62.4 | 59.8
81
0.46
75
0.46
E by N | 13.3
February
30.04
63.6 | 60.3 | 57.3
86
0.46
93
1.080
E by N | 12.8
March
30.11
67.0 | 62.5 | 59.2
79
0.45
80
0.180
E by N | 14.9
April
29.93
74.4 | 69.3 | 65.8
85
0.61
85
6.215
E | 11.7
May
29.83
84.4 | 79.6 | 76.7
82
0.83
78
16.875
SE | 9.4
June
29.74
84.3 | 80.5 | 77.6
83
0.86
89
23.140
SE by S | 14.5
July
29.72
86.7 | 81.9 | 78.2
82
0.89
79
19.675
E by S | 10.4
August
29.71
86.4 | 81.7 | 78.4
82
0.89
67
10.655
ESE | 7.8
September
29.85
86.8 | 82.2 | 78.6
78
0.86
63
6.440
E | 8.8
October
29.95
81.2 | 76.5 | 72.7
71
0.66
67
0.3
NE by E | 12.9
November
30.13
73.4 | 68.2 | 63.8
64
0.41
61
0.710
NE by E | 11.4
December
30.15
67.4 | 61.9 | 57.4
68
0.32
40
0.000
ENE | 12.6
Mean or Total
29.94
76.8 | 72.3 | 68.8
77.0
0.64
70.0
98.57
E | 11.7
POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the middle of 1924 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil population
City of Victoria (including the Peak)... 12,000
Chinese population:
Villages of Hong Kong ... 16,000
Kowloon (including New Kowloon) ... 29,800
New Territories (land)... 180,000
Population afloat... 85,000
Total Chinese population ... 310,800
Total Civil population ... 322,800
was as follow:
Non-Chinese Civil population
City of Victoria (including the Peak)... 420,000
Chinese population:
Villages of Hong Kong
Kowloon (including New Kowloon)
New Territories (land)...
Population afloat...
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population ...
16,000
29,800
180,000
85,000
68,750
783,550
799,550
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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
The area of the Colony, except when otherwise mentioned, dealt with in this report includes the island of Hongkong, the Kowloon peninsula and that portion of the New Territories known as New Kowloon on the mainland but does not include the remain- ing or greater portion of the New Territories such being without the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory in the Kowloon peninsula are:-Latitude 26° 18′ 13.2′′ N Longitude
114° 10' 27" E.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following table gives the means or totals of the meteorolo- gical data for the several months of the whole
year 1924.
WIND
Month.
Barometer
at M.S.L.
TEMPERA-
TURE.
HUMI-
DITY.
Max. Mean, Min. Rel.
Abs.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
Rain.
Direction. Vel.
ins.
p.c. ins.
p. c.
hours.
ins. points. miles p.h.
January, February. March,
April,
May,
30.1765.9 | 62.4 | 59.8 30.04 | 63,6 | 60,3 | 57.3 30.11 | 67,0|62,5 | 59,2 29.93 74.4 69.3 65.8 29.83 | 84.4 79.6 | 76.7
81
0.46
75
102.3 1.080 | E by N
13.3
86
0.46
93
44.9 | 4.510] E by N
12.8
79 | 0.45
80
133,2 | 0.180 E by N
14.9
$5
0,61
85
101.46.215
E
11.7
82 0.83
78
187.0 16.875 SE
9.4
June,.....
29.74 84.380.5 77.6
83
0.86
89
127.3 23.140 SE by S
14.5
July, August, 29.72 86.7 81.9 78.2 September,... 29.85 $6.8 82.2 | 78.6 October,..... 29.95 81.2 765|72,7 November, 30.13 73.4 68.2 | 63,8 December,... 30.15 | 67.4 | 61,9| 57,4
29.71 86.4 81.7 78.4
83
0.90
79
196.9 19.675 E by S
10.4
82
0.89
67
226.410.655
ESE
7.8
78 | 0.86
.63
221.3 6.440
CI
8.8
71 0.66 67 0.41
32 61 0.3 40
64
192.8 9.090 NE by E
12.9
254.0 | 0.000 ENE
12.6
238.3 0.710 NE by E
11.4
Mean or
Total,...
29.94 76.8 72.3 68.877,0 0.64 70.0
168.8 98.57 E
11.7
POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the middle of 1924
was as follow:
Non-Chinese Civil population
City of Victoria (including the Peak)... 420,000
Chinese population:
Villages of Hong Kong
Kowloon (including New Kowloon)
New Territories (land)...
Population afloat...
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population ...
16,000
29,800
180,000
85,000
68,750
783,550
..
7.99,550
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