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6. Interments. The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :-

PUBLIC. PRIVATE. Colonial 64 Roman Catholic (Happy Valley)... 178 Chinese Mount Caroline 1,049 Mohammedan (Happy Valley) 78 Chai Wan 253 Jewish (Happy Valley) 2 Stanley 21 Parsee 1 Aberdeen 230 Malay 1 Shek O Kai Lung Wan 1,596 Sai Yu Shek 236 Sai Yu Shek Christian 12 Mohammedan Tai Shek Ku 1 Ho Mun Tin 3,798 Chinese Roman Catholic (So Kon Po)......... 1,404 Chinese Tung Wah Hospital (Kai Lung Wan) 4,875 Chinese Permanent (Aberdeen) 51 7,270 Chinese Protestant (Mount Davis) 77 Chinese Christian (Kowloon Tong) 27 6,693

ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.

The General Registration office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head office.

At this office all non-Chinese births and deaths must be registered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district registries for births and deaths respectively is appended. The districts are not precisely defined and in some cases the birth registration district does not coincide with the death registration district; in certain districts registration of birth can be effected alternatively at a Police Station or a Chinese Public Dispensary. Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registration of deaths on Sundays and public holidays only when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is 'ex officio' registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant Registrars.

Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is universally done but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.

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— M 14 6. Interments. The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :- PUBLIC. PRIVATE. Colonial 64 Roman Catholic (Happy Valley)... 178 Chinese Mount Caroline 1,049 Mohammedan (Happy Valley) 78 Chai Wan 253 Jewish (Happy Valley) 2 Stanley 21 Parsee 1 Aberdeen 230 Malay 1 Shek O Kai Lung Wan 1,596 Sai Yu Shek 236 Sai Yu Shek Christian 12 Mohammedan Tai Shek Ku 1 Ho Mun Tin 3,798 Chinese Roman Catholic (So Kon Po)......... 1,404 Chinese Tung Wah Hospital (Kai Lung Wan) 4,875 Chinese Permanent (Aberdeen) 51 7,270 Chinese Protestant (Mount Davis) 77 Chinese Christian (Kowloon Tong) 27 6,693 ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION. The General Registration office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head office. At this office all non-Chinese births and deaths must be registered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district registries for births and deaths respectively is appended. The districts are not precisely defined and in some cases the birth registration district does not coincide with the death registration district; in certain districts registration of birth can be effected alternatively at a Police Station or a Chinese Public Dispensary. Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registration of deaths on Sundays and public holidays only when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is 'ex officio' registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant Registrars. Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is universally done but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.
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- M 14 6. Interments. The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :- PUBLIC. PRIVATE. Colonial 64 Roman Catholic (Happy Chinese Mount Caroline 1,049 Valley)... 178 Chai Wan 253 Mohammedan (Happy Chai Wan Christian 1 Valley) 78 Stanley 21 Jewish (Happy Valley) 2 Aberdeen 230 Parsee Shek O Malay 1 Kai Lung Wan 1,596 Sai Yu Shek 236 Sai Yu Shek Christian 12 Chinese Tung Wah Hos- Mohammedan Tai Shek Ku 1 Ho Mun Tin 3,798 Chinese Roman Catholic (So Kon Po)......... pital (Kai Lung Wan) 4,875 Chinese Permanent 1.404 7,270 (Aberdeen) 51 Chinese Protestant (Mount Davis)....................... 77 Chinese Christian (Kowloon Tong) 27 6,693 ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION. The General Registration office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head office. At this office all non-Chinese births and deaths must be regis- tered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district regis- tries for births and deaths respectively is appended. The districts are not precisely defined and in some cases the birth registration district does not coincide with the death registration district; in certain districts registration of birth can be effected alternatively at a Police Station or a Chinese Public Dispensary. Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registration of deaths on Sundays and public holidays only when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is 'ee officio' registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant Registrars. Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is universally done but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.
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6. Interments. The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :-

PUBLIC.

PRIVATE.

Colonial

64

Roman Catholic (Happy

Chinese Mount Caroline 1,049

Valley)...

178

Chai Wan

253

Mohammedan

(Happy

Chai Wan Christian

1

Valley)

78

Stanley

21

Jewish (Happy Valley)

2

Aberdeen

230

Parsee

Shek O

Malay

1

Kai Lung Wan

1,596

Sai Yu Shek

236

Sai Yu Shek Christian

12

Chinese Tung Wah Hos-

Mohammedan Tai Shek Ku

1

Ho Mun Tin

3,798

Chinese Roman Catholic

(So Kon Po).........

pital (Kai Lung Wan) 4,875 Chinese Permanent

1.404

7,270

(Aberdeen)

51

Chinese Protestant

(Mount Davis).......................

77

Chinese Christian

(Kowloon Tong)

27

6,693

ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.

The General Registration office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head office.

At this office all non-Chinese births and deaths must be regis- tered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district regis- tries for births and deaths respectively is appended. The districts are not precisely defined and in some cases the birth registration district does not coincide with the death registration district; in certain districts registration of birth can be effected alternatively at a Police Station or a Chinese Public Dispensary. Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registration of deaths on Sundays and public holidays only when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is 'ee officio' registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant Registrars.

Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is universally done but there is considerable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births. Female births in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating

large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.

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