AnnualReport-1929

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Appendix I.

RETURN OF CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.

Year. Non-Chinese Chinese HongKong. Kowloon. Certified Deaths. Uncertified Deaths. Percentage uncertified. Number deaths. By Medical Practitioners. Coroner. Percentage certified. T.W.H. Medical Reference. K.W.H. Medical Reference. Percentage certified. Percentage uncertified deaths. 1929 219 13 5.9 17,346 5,628 80 52.7 3,423 152 47.8 23 1928 204 17 94 14,553 4,416 128 52.7 3,164 6 47.9 87.2 12.7

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.