M 39
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
The area of the Colony, except when otherwise mentioned, dealt with in this report, includes the island of Hongkong, the Kowloon peninsula, and that portion of the New Territories known as New Kowloon on the mainland, but does not include the remaining or greater portion of the New Territories, such being without the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory in the Kowloon peninsula are:- Latitude 22° 18' 13.2" N., Longitude 114° 10′ 26.4′′ E.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following table gives the means or totals of the meteorological data for the several months of the whole year 1925.
Month
Barometer at M.S.L.
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
Cloudiness
Sunshine
WIND
Rain
ins.
Max. | Mean | Min.
Rel. | Abs.
p.c.
hours
Direction | Vel.
ins.
January
30.11
66.1 | 60.4 | 56.8
68.3 | 52.5
76
91.3
ENE | 10.4
0.36
February
30.16
67.7 | 63.7 | 60.6
70 | 0.32
72
113.4
E by N | 14.1
0.385
March
30.03
70.0 | 65.2 | 61.8
$3 | 10.52
80
110.4
E by N | 12.7
7.935
April
29.81
82.3 | 77.4 | 74.1
0.90 | 83
171.5
E | 11.9
2.580
May
29.95
76.1 | 71.4 | 67.7
82
269.1
S by W | 8.2
20.665
June
29.74
85.6 | 81.1 | 77.6
78 | 0.87
71
226.4
SE | 1.8
5.625
July
29.71
87.8 | 82.5 | 78.3
79 | 0.79
64
235.3
E by N | 9.4
9.910
August
29.70
87.4 | 82.5 | 78.9
70 | 0.55
61
268.7
ENE | 11.0
3.165
September
29.84
86.4 | 81.4 | 77.2
75 | 0.61
66
204.0
ENE | 11.8
1.090
October
30.04
80.2 | 75.4 | 71.7
182.9
NE by E | 10.6
0.225
November
30.11
76.9 | 71.9 | 68.6
69 | 0.31
53
192.0
E | 11.4
87.58
December
30.22
68.3 | 62.9 | 58.3
Mean or Total
v.87
78
197.8
ESE | 10.6
23.355
POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the middle of 1925 was as follows:--
Non-Chinese Civil population
Chinese population:-
City of Victoria (including the Peak) 465,000
Villages of Hongkong
Kowloon (including New Kowloon)
New Territories (land)
Population afloat
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population
16,500
33,040
200,000
87,500
72,380
857,920
874,420
M 39
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
The area of the Colony, except when otherwise mentioned, dealt with in this report, includes the island of Hongkong the Kowloon peninsula, and that portion of the New Territories known as New Kowloon on the mainland, but does not include the remaining or greater portion of the New Territories, such be- ing without the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.
The latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory in the Kowloon peninsula are:-Latitude 26° 18' 13.2" N., Longitude 114° 10′ 26.4′′ E.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following table gives the means or totals of the meteorological data for the several months of the whole year
1925.
Month.
Barometer
at M.S.L.
TEMPERA- TURE.
BUMI-
DITY.
Max. Meun.] Min.
Rel. Abs.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
WIND
Rain.
Direction. Vel.
ins.
O
p.c. ins.
p. c.
bours. ins.
points. miles p.h.
March,
January, 30.11 6.1 56.8 | 68.3 February, 30.16 60.456.0 | 52.5 30,03 67.7 63.7 | 60.6
76
0.36
82
91.3 4.335
ENE
10.4
70 0.32
72
113.4
0.385 D by N
14.1
81 0.48
74
115.5
8.280 | E by N
17.0
April,
30.03 | 70.0|65.2 61.8
$3 10.52
80
і
110.4 7.935 | E by N
12.7
May,
29.81 82.3 77.4 | 74.1
0.90
83
1715 2,580 E
11.9
82
29.95 76.1 71.4 67.7
June,
29.74 85.6 81.1 77.6 July,
29.71 $7.8 82.5 | 78.3 August, 29.70) 87.4 52.5 | 78.9 September 29.84 56.4 31.4 77.2 October,.. 30.04 | 80,2 | 75.4 71.7 November, 30.1176.9 71.9 | 68.6 December, 30,22 | 68.3 | 62.9 58.3
Mean or
Total, j
The estimated population of the Colony at the middle of 1925 was as follows:--
v.87
78
197.8 23.355 ESE
10.6
0.90
60
269.1 20.665 | S by W
8.2
79 | 0.87 71 0.79 64 0.57 35 70 0.55 61 68031 53
69
226.4 5.625 SE
1.8
49
235.3 9910 E by N
9.4
268.7 3.165 ENE
11.0
204.0. 1.090 ENE 182,9 0.225 NE by E
11.8
10.6
75 0.61 66
192.0 | 87.58 E
11.4
POPULATION.
Non-Chinese Civil population
Chinese population:-
City of Victoria (including the Peak) 465,000
Villages of Hongkong
Kowloon (including New Kowloon)
New Territories (land)
Population afloat
Total Chinese population
Total Civil population
16,500
33,040
200,000
87,500
72,380
857,920 857,920
874,420
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