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smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $116,714.72 as against $125,571.47 in 1922. A sum of $4,207 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work as against $3,298 in 1922.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a.)-POPULATION,
The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on April 24th, 1921, was 625,166, of whom 83,163 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in 1911 it was 456,739 with 104,287 as the figure for the New Territories and New Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 681,800, 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 597,300, of whom 15,500 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1923 was as follows:-
Population. Non-Chinese Civil Community, 15,500 Chinese City of Victoria (including Peak), 350,000 Villages of Hongkong, 26,300 Kowloon (including New Kowloon), 140,000 New Territories, 84,500 Population afloat, 65,500 Total Chinese Population, 666,300 Total Civil Population, 681,800(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 birth-rate for the year was 6.97* per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 23.03 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 6.25 and 22.84 for 1922.
* This figure is wholly misleading as it is impossible to register more than a portion of the births.
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smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $116,714.72 as against $125,571.47 in 1922. A sum of $4,207 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work as against $3,298 in 1922.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a.)-POPULATION,
The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on April 24th, 1921, was 625,166, of whom 83,163 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in 1911 it was 456,739 with 104,287 as the figure for the New Territories and New Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 681,800, 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 597,300, of whom 15,500 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1923 was as follows:-
Non-Chinese Civil Community,...
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak),.. Villages of Hongkong,
15,500
350,000
26,300
Kowloon (including New Kowloon),
140,000
New Territories,
84,500
Population afloat,
Total Chinese Population,...
Total Civil Population,
65,500
666,300
681,800
(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 birth-rate for the year was 6-97* per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 2303 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 6.25 and 22.84 for 1922.
* This figure is wholly misleading as it is impossible to register more than a portion of the births.
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