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or other causes and the number who on 31st December, 1921, were under six months and accordingly not liable for vaccination. The reason for the higher total carried forward to 1922 is the greater number of registered births.
The table as regards Chinese shows that approximately one half of those born and registered are also registered as having been vaccinated. It should not necessarily be concluded that the other half were not vaccinated; and it should be remembered that unregistered births, which undoubtedly greatly exceed the registered, are not recorded at all.
SCAVENGING.
Approximately 250 tons of refuse was received daily at the refuse depôts from the City of Victoria, Hill District and Kowloon peninsula. Slightly under 10 tons daily was collected from Shaukiwan and Quarry Bay and dumped on waste ground. Approximately 1 ton daily was collected in Kowloon City and burnt. The cost of the service in Hongkong (including Shaukiwan and Quarry Bay) and Kowloon is shown in Appendix I attached. The figures in column A are given for comparison only with the figures in 1919, 1920. Those figures will be found in Table 3. The adjusted figures exclude in the case of scavengers, the wages of 79 coolies in Hongkong and 15 in Kowloon employed otherwise than in refuse removal; in the case of drivers the wages of a proportion employed on street watering are excluded. The proportion of the cost of Scavenging Gear chargeable to Hongkong and Kowloon is adjusted so as to distribute equally the cost of canvas hose actually charged to Hongkong. The new items Maintenance of Bullocks and Maintenance of Dust-carts have not been shown in previous years. The totals entered in Column B are the actual sums paid from the votes named. The adjustment makes a conservative allowance for the proportion chargeable to street-watering. The proportion as between Hongkong and Kowloon is estimated on the proportion 2 to 1 representing approximately the establishment of bullocks and carts on either side of the harbour. The total cost of the service works out at $1.01 per ton exclusive of special expenditure. The increased cost is due to large increases in wages.
(b) Outlying villages of Stanley and Taitam, and Aberdeen and Aplichau were scavenged by contract at a yearly charge of $324 for the first two and $432 for the latter two. The contractor has the privilege of receiving night-soil in each case in addition.
REFUSE REMOVAL.
Appendix I, Table 2 shows the cost of removing the refuse from the City of Victoria, the Hill district and Kowloon peninsula. Comparative figures for the last 3 years are shown in Table 3. The discrepancy between the grand total in Table 3 and the 1921 total in Table 2 is due to the inclusion this year of the item coal
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or other causes and the number who on 31st December, 1921, were under six months and accordingly not liable for vaccination. The reason for the higher total carried forward to 1922 is the greater number of registered births.
The table as regards Chinese shows that approximately one half of those born and registered are also registered as having been vaccinated. It should not necessarily be concluded that the other half were not vaccinated; and it should be remembered that unregistered births, which undoubtedly greatly exceed the registered, are not recorded at all.
SCAVENGING.
Approximately 250 tons of refuse was received daily at the refuse depôts from the City of Victoria, Hill District and Kowloon peninsula. Slightly under 10 tons daily was collected from Shaukiwan and Quarry Bay and dumped on waste ground. Approximately 1 ton daily was collected in Kowloon City and burnt. The cost of the service in Hongkong (including Shauki- wan and Quarry Bay) and Kowloon is shown in Appendix I attached. The figures in column A are given for comparison only with the figures in 1919, 1920. Those figures will be found in Table 3. The adjusted figures exclude in the case of scavengers, the wages of 79 coolies in Hongkong and 15 in Kowloon employed otherwise than in refuse removal; in the case of drivers the wages of a proportion employed on street watering are excluded. The proportion of the cost of Scavenging Gear chargeable to Hongkong and Kowloon is adjusted so as to distribute equally the cost of canvas hose actually charged to Hongkong. The new items Maintenance of Bullocks and Maintenance of Dust-carts have not been shown in previous years. The totals entered in Column B are the actual sums paid from the votes named. The adjustment makes a conservative allowance for the proportion chargeable to street-watering. The proportion as between Hongkong and Kowloon is estimated on the proportion 2 to I representing approximately the establishment of bullocks and carts on either side of the harbour. The total cost of the service works out at $1.01 per ton exclusive of special expenditure, The increased cost is due to large increases in wages.
(b) Outlying villages of Stanley and Taitam, and Aberdeen and Aplichau were scavenged by contract at a yearly charge of $324 for the first two and $432 for the latter two. The con- tractor has the privilege of receiving night-soil in each case in addition.
REFUSE REMOVAL.
Appendix I, Table 2 shows the cost of removing the refuse from the City of Victoria, the Hill district and Kowloon peninsula. Comparative figures for the last 3 years are shown in Table 3. The discrepancy between the grand total in Table 3 and the 1921 total in Table 2 is due to the inclusion this year of the item coal
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