POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1938.
RETURN OF THE POPULATION, AND OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS,
Area in
County, District, or Purish.
British and Foreign.
Chinese Population.
Square
Miles.
Total.
Aliens and Resident Strangers
Persons employed in
Males. Females. Males. Femules. Males. Females.
Columns.
Population to the Square not included
Mile. in preceding Agricul-Manufac Com-
Births. Number and Rate
Marriages.
Denths. + Number
per 1,000. §
+
and Rate
per 1,000.
ture.
tures. merce.
Colony of Hong Kong,
391
13,261
9,833 577,347 428,176 590,608 | 438,011
2,631
Returns not available.
35,527 34-5
544
|| 38,818 37+7
рег 1,000
(Estimations only).
† Excluding the Forces of the Crown,
per
1,000
This rotura doesnot include marriages between persons neither of whom professes the Christian religion duly celebrated according to the personal law and religions of the parties. Both births and birth rates are to some extout falineious owing to partial Chinese registration and migration of boat population. Does not include 366 lute registrations after 12 mouths,
| Excludes 1,075 stillbirths.
HOUSING.
Number of Chinese Dwelling Houses and Flnors,
Province, County,
District or Parish.
Total Population.
Number of Houses.
Number of Floors.
1 Storey. 2 Storeys. | 3 Storeys. 4 Storeys. 5 Storeys. 6 Storeys. 7 Storeys, 8 Storeys.
Victoria,
386,579
349
201
4,372
6,389
654
22
25
4
12,720
44,452
(Hong Kong).
†Kowloon and New Kowloon,
311,512°
151
495
5,613
3,190
13
9,463
30,811
† Aberdeen and Aplichnu,
7,132*
64
125
134
1
324
720
Shaukiwan,-
24,279
119
231
548
67
965
2,193
Toil
653
1,752
10,667
9,647
671
23
25
4
23,472
78,476
* Estimated population mid-year 1937. † Outlying villages not included.
NOTE: This form is a modification of that required by Colonial Office Circular Despatch of
30th June, 1931 to suit local conditions and to give more accurate information.
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