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5. Removals.-368 bodies were removed from the Colony before burial.
6. Interments.-The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :-
PUBLIC PRIVATE Colonial Mount Caroline ... 80 Roman Catholic (Happy Valley) 929 156 Chai Wan ... 323 Mohammedan (Happy Valley) ... 62 Chai Wan (Christian) 7 ... Stanley 47 ... Jewish (Happy Valley) ... 2 Shek O ... 17 Parsee Aberdeen ... ... Malay Kai Lung Wan East ... 236 Chinese Roman Catholic Sai Yu Shek ... ... Sai Yu Shek (Christian) ... 195 Ho Man Tin (So Kon Po) 1,323 ... Tung Wah Hospital ... 5,164 Chinese Permanent, Tai Shek Ku 4,171 ... Aberdeen ... 61 ** Cheung Sha Wan ... 74 Chinese Protestant, Mt. Davis 64 ... Chinese Christian, Kowloon Tong ... 32 Eurasian (Ho Tung) 5 ... 8,213 6,872ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.
16. The General Registration Office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896, as amended by Ordinance No. 26 of 1923, 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. As from January 1st, 1924, the death registry for Kowloon peninsula will be transferred from Yaumati Police Station (except on Sundays and General Holidays) to Kowloon Disinfecting Station and Shaukiwan Police Station will cease to be a birth registry. 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.
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5. Remorals.-368 bodies were removed from the Colony before burial.
6. Interments.-The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :-
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
Colonial Mount Caroline
...
...
80
Roman Catholic (Happy
929
Valley)
156
Chai Wan
...
323
Mohammedan
...
(Happy
Chai Wan (Christian).
7
Valley)
62
Stanley.
47
Jewish (Happy Valley)
62
Shek O...
17
Parsee
Aberdeen
...
236
Malay
Kai Lung Wan East
2,103
Chinese Roman Catholic
Sai Yu Shek
Sai Yu Shek (Christian)
Ho Man Tin...
195 !
(So Kon Po)
1,323
14
Tung Wah Hospital
...
5,164
4,171
Chinese Permanent,
Tai Shek Ku
1
Aberdeen ...
61
**
Cheung Sha Wan
74
Chinese Protestant, Mt.
New Territories (Lamma)
16
Davis
64
Chinese Christian, Kow-
loon Tong...
32
Eurasian (Ho Tung)
5
8,213
6,872
ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.
16. The General Registration Office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896, as amended by Ordinance No. 26 of 1923, 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 re- gistered. 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. As from January 1st, 1924, the death registry for Kowloon peninsula will be trans- ferred from Yaumati Police Station (except on Sundays and General Holidays) to Kowloon Disinfecting Station and Shaukiwan Police Station will cease to be a birth registry. 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.
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