488. Skin diseases there are, but judging from the returns of the dispensaries and travelling dispensary they are not very prevalent.
489. Trachoma varies with the village. In some it is common in others it is not.
490. With regard to Tuberculosis the population is mostly engaged in agriculture or fishing. The people as a whole live an open air life and Tuberculosis cases are not common.
11. Though made applicable to the New Territories in 1911 the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance was not enforced until 1932 and it was not until 1965 that death registration became sufficiently universal to warrant death rates being calculated. Assuming that all deaths were registered in that year the death rates for the different districts were as follows:
Western Medical District Police District Deaths Death rate per mille population Tsun Wan 177 33.05 (24.06 if Shing Mun Dam population included) Ping Shan 252 19.90 Au Tau 274 21.25 Lok Ma Chau 70 15.99 Lantau Island 183 24.70 (19.45 if boat population included) Cheung Chau Island 194 15.44 Eastern Medical District Police District Deaths Death rate per mille population Sha Tau Kok 117 13.08 Sheung Shui 175 17.43 Taipo 270 21.28 Shatin 104 23.93 Saikung 167 22.01492. Taking everything into consideration there is no evidence that the population of the New Territories is an unhealthy one.