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Appendix P.

RETURN OF CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.

CHINESE Number certified. Number uncertified. 1 2 3 4 Notified by private practi-tioners. Medical Coroner. Percentage certified. Percentage uncertified. Notified by private practi-tioners. Medical Coroner. Percentage certified. Percentage uncertified. Number of deaths. Number of deaths. Year HongKong. Kowloon. Total. T.W.H. K.W.H. T.W.H. K.W.H. 1927 236 210 1 25 88.98 11.02 14,525 2,233 * 4,761 6,994 1928 204 178 771 562 111 18 6,069 48.15 51.85 26 87.25 12.75 14,553 4,416 3,164 7,680 910 128 5,829 52.77 47.01

N.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.