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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1975
AS FOR THE DEATH RATIO BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS OLD, THE MORTALITY RATE FOR BOTH WAS ABOUT 4.4 PER THOUSAND POPULATION IN 1961.
+AGAIN GIRLS SEEMED TO HAVE FARED BETTER THAN BOYS DURING THE PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO A MARKED DECLINE IN DEATHS AMONG THIS AGE GROUP= AND THE SEX RATIO OF MORTALITY IN 1973 ROSE TO 1,096 BOYS TO 1,000 GIRLS.+
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE, DEATH RATES AMONG CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE THOSE FROM FIVE TO 14 YEARS -- HAD BEEN KEPT EXCEPTIONALLY LOW, ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND DROWNINGS, HAD BECOME THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG THIS GROUP BY 1973, WITH BOYS AGAIN PROVING TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUCH ACCIDENTS THAN GIRLS.
+IN 1961, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH RATE IN THIS GROUP WAS 61 PER CENT HIGHER FOR BOYS THAN FOR GIRLS. BY 1973, THIS DIFFERENCE HAD INCREASED TO 97 PER CENT.+
AS FOR THE 15 TO 49 AGE GROUP, THE SHARP INCREASE IN SEX RATIO AT DEATH OBSERVED OVER THE PERIOD 1961-1973 WAS MAINLY CAUSED BY A LARGE DECLINE IN MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG WOMEN AND AN INCREASE IN DEATHS AMONG MEN DUE TO NEOPLASM.
ON THE WHOLE, DEATH LEVELS IN HONG KONG ARE LOW AND COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THE ARTICLE SAYS.
+WHILE FURTHER DROPS IN DEATH RATES CAN BE EXPECTED, THESE ARE DOUND TO BE MODERATE AND THE SEX DIFFERENTIAL IN MORTALITY WILL PROBABLY NOT CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS OBTAINABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE AT $6 EACH.
WATER STORAGE 98.5 PER CENT OF FULL CAPACITY X-X-X-X-X-X-
HONG KONG'S TOTAL WATER STORAGE AS AT 9 O'CLOCK THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WAS 66,282 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 93.5 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STORAGE WAS ONLY 40,253 MILLION GALLONS.
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PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR, AT PRESENT THE BIGGEST IN HONG KONG, WAS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH 50,500 MILLION GALLONS. ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR, PLOVER COVE ONLY HELD 30,149 MILLION GALLONS.
A TOTAL OF 95.2 MM (3.75 IN) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST
24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY.
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 1,632.8 MM (64.28 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR AMOUNTS TO 963.0 MM (37.91 IN).