25 year ; Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 535,100, 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 431,700, of whom 13,500 were Non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1917 was as follows:-
Non-Chinese Civil Community, 13,500 Chinese Population. City of Victoria (including Peak), 280,700 Villages of Hongkong, 15,300 Kowloon (including New Kowloon), 77,200 New Territories, 89,900 Population afloat, 58,500 Total Chinese Population, 521,600 Total Civil Population, 535,100(b)-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 6.9 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20.8 per 1,000 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 8.1 and 20.05 for 1916.
The death-rate for the year was 23.7 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 14.00 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 24.6 and 15.08 for 1916.
The number of deaths from Malaria (416) shows an increase on the previous year (378). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 185 out of a population of 280,700 or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 35 as compared with 39 in 1916.
Small-pox deaths numbered 549, all Chinese, with the exception of 3 Portuguese and one each British, Filipino, and Japanese.
There were 2,248 deaths from respiratory diseases as compared with 2,112 in 1916, and 34 of these were among the Non-Chinese community. Pulmonary Tuberculosis claimed 859 Chinese and 18 Non-Chinese victims whilst other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 616 deaths making a total of 1,493, or 14.3 per cent. of the total deaths among the community.
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year
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Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the under review was 535,100, 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 431,700, of whom 13,500 were Non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1917 was as follows:-
KOLEA Non-Chinese Civil Community,
.13,500
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak),. Villages of Hongkong,
280,700
15,300
Kowloon (including New Kowloon),
77,200
New Territories,
89,900
Population afloat,
58,500
Total Chinese Population,
521,600
535,100
Total Civil Population,
(b)-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 69 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20-8 per 1,000 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 8.1 and 20.05 for 1916.
The death-rate for the year was 23.7 per 1,000. among the Chinese community and 14:00 among the Non-Chinese community, as compared with 24-6 and 15:08 for 1916.
The number of deaths from Malaria (416) shows an increase on the previous year (378). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 185 out of a population of 280,700 or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 35 as compared with
39 in 1916.
Small-pox deaths numbered 549, all Chinese, with the excep- tion of 3 Portuguese and one each British, Filipino, and Japanese,
There were 2,248 deaths from respiratory diseases as compared with 2,112 in 1916, and 34 of these were among the Non-Chinese community. Pulmonary Tuberculosis claimed 859 Chinese and 18 Non-Chinese victims whilst other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 616 deaths making a total of 1,493, or 143 per cent. of the total deaths among the community.
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