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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 Hong Kong, 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 1927.
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 30.15 64.2 59.7 56.3 74 0.39 ENE 12.0 0.310 February 30.11 62.2 58.5 55.2 78 0.39 ENE 13.6 4.350 March 30.03 63.6 60.1 57.0 80 0.43 E by N 14.6 4.535 April 29.94 71.6 67.2 61.1 91 0.64 E 13.9 7.125 May 29.84 80.5 75.6 72.3 83 0.77 E 12.3 25.445 June 29.76 85.9 81.6 78.7 85 0.91 SE by E 10.3 11.680 July 29.71 86.5 81.9 78.5 86 0.92 SE by S 9.9 18.733 August 29.69 87.5 82.1 78.0 85 0.93 SE by S 8.6 20.905 September 29.88 83.6 79.3 76.1 80 0.80 E 10.3 6.165 October 30.02 79.6 74.8 70.9 78 0.63 ENE 12.0 5.420 November 30.08 75.9 71.0 67.1 71 0.49 ENE 10.9 1.825 December 30.13 70.2 65.5 61.9 72 0.46 ENE 11.7 1.370 Mean or Total 29.91 75.9 71.4 68.0 78 0.65 E 11.7 107.86POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the end of 1927 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil population: 16,500
Chinese population:
Total Chinese population: 961,400
Total Civil population: 977,900
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 Hong Kong, 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:-Lititude 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
1927.
Month.
Barometer
at M.S.L.
TEMPERA-
TURE.
HUMI-
DITY.
Max.
Mean. Min. Rel. Abs.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
WIND
Rain
Direction. Vel.
ins.
O
O
January, 30.15 64.2 59.7 | 56.3
February.
March,
April,
May, June.....
·
30.11 | 62.2 58.5 | 55.2 30.03 63.6 60.1 | 57.0 29.94 | 71.6| 67,2 | 61.1 29.84 80.5 75.6 | 72.3 29.76 85.9 81.6 78.7 29.71 86.5 81,9 | 78.5 August, 29.69 87.5 | 82.1 / 78.0 September, 29.88 53.6 79.3 76.1
F October, 30.0279.6 | 74,8 | 70,9 November. 30.08 75.9 71.0 67.1 December, 30.13 | 70.2 | 65.5 | 61,9
July,
,
O p.c. ins.
p. c.
hours.
ins.
points. miles p.h.
74 0.39 78 0.39 80 0.43 91 84 0.64 83 86 0.77 85 84 0.91 78 84 0.92
67
137,5 | 0.310
ENE
12.0
90
43.4 4.350
ENE
13.6
65.7 4.535
E by N
14.6
105.9 7.125 E 117.8 25.445 E
13.9
12.3
191.911,680 SE by F
10.3
80
161.3 18.733 SE by S
9.9
85 0.93
67
211.0 20.905 SE by S
8.6
80
0.80
78
117.1 6.165
E
10.3
71
0.6 3
+1
232.8 5.420¦ ENE
12.0
64
72
0.49 36 0.46 60
231.4 1.825 176.1 1.370
ENE
10.9
ENE
11,7
Mean or 29.91 75.9 | 71.4 | 68.0
Total,
78 0.65 71
151.8 107.86
E
11.7
POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the end of 1927 was as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil population.
16,500
Chinese population:-
City of Victoria (including the Peak) 500,000 Villages of Hong Kong
39,900
Kowloon (including new Kowloon). 240,000
New Territories (land)
87,500
Population afloat
94,000
Total Chinese population
961,400
Total Civil population
977,900
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