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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 799,550, 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 714,550, of whom 16,000 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1924 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Chinese Population. Civil Community,... 16,000 City of Victoria (including Peak),. 420,000 Villages of Hongkong, 29,800 Kowloon (including New Kowloon), 180,000 New Territories, 85,000 Population afloat, 68,750 Total Chinese Population, ... 783,550 Total Civil Population, 799,550(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 5.47 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 18.25 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 6.97 and 23.03 for 1923.
The death-rate for the year was 21.9 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15.86 among the non-Chinese civil community, as compared with 23.27 and 14.83 for 1923.
The deaths from Malaria numbered 707 (674 in 1923). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 187 out of a population of 420,000 or a rate of 0.44 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered nil as compared with 136 in 1923.
* This figure is wholly misleading as it is impossible to register more than a portion of the births.
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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 799,550, 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 714,550, of whom 16,000 were non-Chinese.
The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1924 was as follows:
Non-Chinese
Civil Community,...
16,000
Chinese
Population.
City of Victoria (including Peak),. Villages of Hongkong,
420,000
29,800
Kowloon (including New Kowloon),
180,000
New Territories,
85,000
Population afloat,
68,750
783,550
799,550
Total Chinese Population, ...
Total Civil Population,
(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 5:47* per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 18-25 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 697 and 23:03 for 1923.
The death-rate for the year was 219 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15.86 among the non-Chinese civil com- munity, as compared with 23-27 and 14 83 for 1923.
The deaths from Malaria numbered 707 (674 in 1923). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 187 out of a population of 420,000 or a rate of 0.44 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered nil as compared with 136 in 1923.
* This figure is wholly misleading as it is impossible to register more thau a portion of the births.
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