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The above does not represent the total movement between Hong Kong and the neighbouring provinces for there are many who arrive and depart by junk or sampan. It is estimated that on an average some 7,000 arrive and 7,000 depart daily.
Births and Deaths Registration.
59. The Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance has since 1911 applied to the whole territory under British jurisdiction but until this year no action was taken to enforce it in the New Territories where registration of both births and deaths was the exception rather than the rule.
60. Death registration in the Colony proper being a necessary preliminary to a permit to bury, it may be taken for granted that practically all deaths are registered. Bodies found dumped or abandoned in the streets and open spaces, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuaries where they are examined by the Medical Officer who fills in the necessary certificates which go through the Coroners' hands to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinized by the Medical Officer of Health.
61. It has been found very difficult to obtain anything like complete registration of births and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported. Every facility is offered for registration and the Chinese are more and more coming to realise its benefits,
Births.
62. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:
Chinese Non-Chinese Total 13,166 431 13,597Deaths.
63. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 19,829, giving a crude death rate of 24.74 as compared with 24.08 for the previous year.
64.
Year Deaths Estimated population Death rate per mille population 1932 ChineseNon-Chinese 19,540
283 781,036 25.02
14.16 1931 Chinese ...
Non-Chinese. 18,566
231 761,149 24.39
11.83 19,522 19,984 However, to follow the exact format required for the output, the corrected version in HTML format is provided directly as per the instructions.
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The above does not represent the total movement between Hong Kong and the neighbouring provinces for there are many who arrive and depart by junk or sampan. It is estimated that on an average some 7,000 arrive and 7,000 depart daily.
Births and Deaths Registration.
59. The Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance has since 1911 applied to the whole territory under British jurisdiction but until this year no action was taken to enforce it in the New Territories where registration of both births and deaths was the exception rather than the rule.
60. Death registration in the Colony proper being a necessary preliminary to a permit to bury, it may be taken for granted that practically all deaths are registered. Bodies found dumped or abandoned in the streets and open spaces, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuaries where they are examined by the Medical Officer who fills in the necessary certificates which go through the Coroners' hands to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinized by the Medical Officer of Health.
61. It has been found very difficult to obtain anything like complete registration of births and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported. Every facility is offered for registration and the Chinese are more and more coming to realise its benefits,
Births.
62. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:
ChineseNon-ChineseTotal13,16643113,597Deaths.
63. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 19,829, giving a crude death rate of 24.74 as compared with 24.08 for the previous year.
64.
YearDeathsEstimated populationDeath rate per mille population1932ChineseNon-Chinese19,540
283781,03625.02
14.161931Chinese ...
Non-Chinese.18,566
231761,14924.39
11.8319,52219,984