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Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 528,010, but this includes the New Territories and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 431,510, of whom 13,390 were Non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1916 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil Community, 13,390 Chinese Population, City of Victoria (including Peak), 270,300 Villages of Hongkong, 15,250 Kowloon (including New Kowloon), 75,000 New Territories, 96,500 Population afloat, 57,570 Total Chinese Population, 514,620 Total Civil Population, 528,010(6.)-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The activity in building operations, which has been so noticeable a feature since 1912, has not abated, and the demand for housing accommodation by the Chinese continued to be greatly in excess of the supply, as many of those who fled with their families to Hongkong during 1911, 1912, and 1913 elected to remain in the Colony.
The corrected birth-rate for the year was 8.1 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20.05 per 1,000 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 8.4 and 13.2 during 1915.
The death-rate for the year was 24.6 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15.08 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 19.0 and 9.4 during 1915.
The number of deaths from Malaria (378) shows an increase on the previous year (366). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 182 out of a population of 270,300 or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 39, as compared with 144 in 1915.
Small-pox deaths numbered 542, all Chinese, with the exception of 3 British and one each American, Portuguese, and Indian.
There were 2,112 deaths from respiratory diseases among the Chinese, as compared with 2,303 in 1915. Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Phthisis claimed 963 Chinese victims, while other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 554 deaths, making a total of 1,517 or 14.4 per cent of the total deaths among that community.
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year ;
Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the under review was 528,010, but this includes the New Territories and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the popula- tion for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 431,510, of whom 13,390 were Non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1916 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil Community,
13,390
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak),.
270,300
Villages of Hongkong,
15,250
Kowloon (including New Kowloon),
75,000
New Territories,
96,500
Population afloat,
57,570
Total Chinese Population,
514,620
528,010
Total Civil Population,
(6.)-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The activity in building operations, which has been so notice- able a feature since 1912 has not abated, and the demand for housing accommodation by the Chinese continued to be greatly in excess of the supply, as many of those who fled with their families to Hongkong during 1911, 1912 and 1913 elected to remain in the Colony.
The corrected birth-rate for the year was 8.1 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20.05 per 1,000 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 8.4 and 13-2 during 1915.
The death-rate for the year was 24.6 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15:08 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 19.0 and 9-4 during 1915.
The number of deaths from Malaria (378) shows an increase on the previous year (366). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 182 out of a population of 270,300 or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 39 as compared with
144 in 1915.
Small-pox deaths numbered 542, all Chinese, with the excep- tion of 3 British and one each American, Portuguese, and Indian.
There were 2,112 deaths from respiratory diseases among the Chinese, as compared with 2,303 in 1915. Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Phthisis claimed 963 Chinese victims, while other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 554 deaths, making a total of 1,517 or 144 per cent of the total deaths among that community.
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