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16.-CEMETERIES, MORTUARIES, CREMATORIA,
(i) No new cemeteries were opened during the year. Appendix L shows approximate burial space in the main cemeteries and the net available space on 31st December.
(ii) Exhumations.-Exhumations were carried out by relatives as follows:
Aberdeen 52 Cheung Sha Wan ... Chinese Permanent Chai Wan 10 Colonial 2 Hau Pui Lung 77 Kai Lung Wan East ... Kowloon Tong 1 Ma Tau Wai J Mount Caroline +4 Mount Davis ... Roman Catholic 108 Sai Yu Shek 212 Stanley *** Tung Wah Hospital ... 102 132 258 • • • 12 28 59 5 83 27 1,167 From places other than authorised cemeteries 100(b) General Exhumation at the public expense was completed at the following cemeteries.—
Kai Lung Wan East 1,504 Tung Wah Hospital 1,406 Ma Tau Wai 198 Chai Wan ... Mount Caroline 548 Sham Wan ... 641 785 5,792(iii) Cremations:-
24 bodies were cremated at the Japanese Crematorium and 24 at the Sikh Temple.
(iv) Mortuaries ---
172 bodies were awaiting burial at the Tung Wah Hospital Mortuary in 1924.
(v) Removals :-
387 bodies were removed from the Colony before burial.
(vi) Interments.
M 11
16.-CEMETERIES, MORTUARIES, CREMATORIA,
(i) No new cemeteries were opened during the year. Appendix L shows approximate burial space in the main cemeteries and the net available space on 31st December.
(ii) Exhumations.-Exhumations were carried out by relatives as follows:
Aberdeen
Cheung Sha Wan
Chinese Permanent Chai Wan
Colonial
Hau Pui Lung
52,
...
...
10
2
77
...
1
Kai Lung Wan East Kowloon Tong
J
Ma Tau Wai Mount Caroline Mount Davis Roman Catholic
Sai Yu Shek
Stanley
...
+4
Tung Wah Hospital
*
...
108
212
***
...
102
...
132
258
• • •
12
28
59
5
83
27
1,167
100
From places other than authorised
-cemeteries
...
(b) General Exhumation at the public expense was completed
at the following cemeteries.—
Kai Lung Wan East
Tung Wah Hospital
Ma Tau Wai...
Chai Wan
...
•••
Mount Caroline
Sham Wan
...
•
...
...
1,504 1,406
198
...
548
...
...
641
...
785
5,792
(iii) Cremations:-
24 bodies were cremated at the Japanese Crematorium
and 24 at the Sikh Temple.
(iv) Mortuaries ---
172 bodies were awaiting burial at the Tung Wah
Hospital Mortuary in 1924.
(v) Removals :-
387 bodies were removed from the Colony before
burial.
(vi) Interments.
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