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and are distributed as follows:--Health District 11 comprises sub-districts 1, 6 and 9, Health District 12 comprises sub-districts 2 and 3, and Health District 13 comprises sub-districts 4 and 5. The Non-Chinese population of Old Kowloon at the 1906 Census was 2,269 civilians and 2,215 troops, most of whom reside in sub-districts 1 and 2, while the Non-Chinese population of New Kowloon was 47.
BIRTHS.
The births registered during the year were as follows:--
Males. Females. Total.
Chinese,.. Non-Chinese,.....
940 293 1,233
163 137 300
Total, 1910,... 1,103 430 1,533
1909... 1,044 473 1,517
This gives a general birth-rate of 43 per 1,000 as compared with 44 per 1,000 in 1909 and 42 per 1,000 in 1908.
The birth-rate amongst the Non-Chinese community was 14.42 per 1,000 as compared with 15.38 per 1,000 in 1909 and 14.43 in 1908.
The nationalities of the Non-Chinese parents were as follows:- British 129, Portuguese 76, Indian 40, Malay and Filipino 23, German 15, American 3, French 3, Jewish 4, Danish 3, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss and Japanese 1 each.
The number of Chinese births registered does not give an accurate record of the number of births which have occurred. Owing to the custom of the Chinese of not registering births unless the child has survived for a month and often in the case of female children not at all, it is probable that the majority if not all of the infants which are sickly at birth or die before they have lived one month have not had their births registered. It is customary, therefore, to assume that all children of one month old and under who are admitted to the various Convents (being brought there sick by poor people) and all young infants found dead in the streets, harbour, hillsides, etc., by the Police, have been born in the Colony but not registered. By adding the number of such children to the number of the registered births it is assumed that a somewhat more correct number of births is obtained and from this is calculated a corrected birth-rate.
The number of such children in 1910 was 298 males and 484 females, total 782, which being added to the registered births, makes a total of 2,315 as compared with 2,588 in 1909. The corrected birth-rate is therefore 66 while amongst the Chinese community alone the rate becomes 61 instead of 37 per 1,000.
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and are distributed as follows:--Health District 11 comprises sub-districts 1, 6 and 9, Health District 12 comprises sub-districts 2 and 3, and Health District 13 comprises sub-districts 4 and 5. The Non-Chinese population of Old Kowloon at the 1906 Census was 2,269 civilians and 2,215 troops, most of whom reside in sub- districts 1 and 2, while the Non-Chinese population of New Kow- loon was 47.
BIRTHS.
The births registered during the year were as follows:--
Males.
Females.
Total.
Chinese,.. Non-Chinese,.....
940
293
1,233
163
137
300
Total, 1910,...
1,103
130
1,533
1909... 1,044
473
1,517
This gives a general birth-rate of 43 per 1,000 as compared with 44 per 1,000 in 1909 and 42 per 1,000 in 1908.
The birth-rate amongst the Non-Chinese community was 14:42 per 1,000 as compared with 15:38 per 1,000 in 1909 and 14:43 in 1908.
The nationalities of the Non-Chinese parents were as follows:- British 129, Portuguese 76, Indian 40, Malay and Filipino 23, Ger- man 15, American 3, French 3, Jewish 4, Danish 3, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss and Japanese 1 each.
The number of Chinese births registered does not give an accu- rate record of the number of births which have occurred. Owing to the custom of the Chinese of not registering births unless the child has survived for a month and often in the case of female children not at all, it is probable that the majority if not all of the infants which are sickly at birth or die before they have lived one month have not had their births registered. It is customary, there- fore, to assume that all children of one month old and under who are admitted to the various Convents (being brought there sick by poor people) and all young infants found dead in the streets, har- bour, hillsides, etc., by the Police, have been born in the Colony but not registered. By adding the number of such children to the number of the registered births it is assumed that a somewhat more correct number of births is obtained and from this is calculated a corrected birth-rate.
The number of such children in 1910 was 298 males and 484 females, total 782, which being added to the registered births, makes a total of 2,315 as compared with 2,588 in 1909. The corrected birth-rate is therefore 66 while amongst the Chinese community alone the rate becomes 6'1 instead of 37 per 1,000.
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