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Transport.
16. The Hong Kong and New Territories Ferry Company maintained a regular schedule throughout the year. The Tsun Wan line did badly for the 5th year in succession owing to more buses being put on the New Territories run.
Registration of Births and Deaths.
17. 691 births and 905 deaths in all were registered at Tsun Wan, Cheung Chau and Tai O as against 668 and 671 respectively for 1936. There were no prosecutions during the year.
Sanitation.
18. The scavenging work has been satisfactorily maintained in Cheung Chau, Tai O, Hang Hau and Tsun Wan. A modern latrine was built near the new market at Tsun Wan. A caretaker is in regular attendance.
Hygiene.
19. The Government medical service was maintained, consisting of a travelling dispensary on the mainland, routine visits by a Medical Officer to the islands, and resident midwives with dispensaries at Tai O and Sham Tseng.
20. The Haw Par Hospital in Cheung Chau run by St. John's Ambulance Brigade and the St. John's Ambulance clinic at Tsun Wan did good service. 30,115 cases were dealt with by the former and 14,658 by the latter as against 37,990 and 15,602 respectively in 1936.
Tai O.
21. Business conditions in Tai O are generally dependent upon the success of the fishing season. This year the fishing season was good with higher prices for the catches.
22. The following table gives approximately the figures of fish catches landed at Tai O.
Catch 1936 1937 Price per picul 1936 Price per picul 1937 Ma Yau 400 piculs 500 piculs $15.00 $20.00 Herring 650 1,000 $13.00 $15.00 Wong Fa 12,000 14,000 $9.50 $14.00 Shrimps 1,500 800 $5.50 ?? IT $7.00 I made the following changes: 1. Corrected minor spelling and spacing errors. 2. Rejoined broken sentences and reformatted paragraphs. 3. Reconstructed the table to properly represent the data. 4. Preserved the original content and order, making no additions or removals. 5. Maintained the original page content without adding explanations or translations. 6. Formatted the output in HTML as requested.