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VITAL STATISTICS.
The registration of births and deaths is compulsory in the Colony; there is no registration in the New Territories. Births are registered at the Central Office in Victoria, at the Chinese Public Dispensaries and at the Police Stations at Aberdeen and Stanley. Deaths are registered at the Central Office, at the Kowloon Disinfecting Station and at a number of Police Stations.
Death registration being a necessary preliminary to a permit to bury it may be taken for granted that practically all deaths are registered. Bodies found 'dumped' or abandoned in the streets, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuary where they are examined by the Medical Officer in charge who fills out the necessary certificates and forwards them to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinised by the Medical Officer of Health.
Birth registration is not universal and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported.
Population. The estimated civilian population for the whole of the territories under British Jurisdiction was 1,171,400; that for the Colony was 1,074,400; and that for the New Territories was 97,000. The distribution was as follows:-
Non-Chinese (mostly resident in Hong Kong and Kowloon) Chinese City of Victoria 19,000 592,100 Villages of Hong Kong 47,000 Kowloon and New Kowloon 27 307,250 Junks and Sampans 109,050 Total civilian population 1,074,400During the year 827,726 persons entered and 683,530 left the Colony by river steamer and by railroad, making a balance of immigrants over emigrants by these routes of 144,196.
Arrived Departed River steamer 114,443 129,810 Railway 713,283 553,720 Ocean going steamers 635,418 572,905 Total 1,463,144 1,256,435The above does not represent the total movement between Hong Kong and the neighbouring provinces for there are many who arrive and depart by junk or sampan. On an average some 5,000 arrive and 5,000 depart daily.
M 29
VITAL STATISTICS.
The registration of births and deaths is compulsory in the Colony; there is no registration in the New Territories. Births are registered at the Central Office in Victoria, at the Chinese Public Dispensaries and at the Police Stations at Aberdeen and Stanley. Deaths are registered at the Central Office, at the Kowloon Disinfecting Station and at a number of Police Stations.
Death registration being a necessary preliminary to a permit to bury it may be taken for granted that practically all deaths are registered. Bodies found 'dumped' or abandoned in the streets, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuary where they are examined by the Medical Officer in charge who fills out the necessary certificates and forwards them to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinised by the Medical Officer of Health.
Birth registration is not universal and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported.
Population. The estimated civilian population for the whole of the territories under British Jurisdiction was 1,171,400; that for the Colony was 1,074,400; and that for the New Territories was 97,000. The distribution was as follows:-
Non-Chinese (mostly resident in Hong Kong
Chinese in the City of Victoria
and Kowloon)
19,000
592,100
27
Villages of Hong Kong
47,000
Kowloon and New Kowloon
307,250
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Junks and Sampans
109,050
Total civilian population
1,074,400
During the year 827,726 persons entered and 683,530 left the Colony by river steamer and by railroad, making a balance of immigrants over emigrants by these routes of 144,196.
Arrived.
Departed.
River steamer Railway
114,443
129,810
713,283
553,720
Ocean going steamers
635,418
572,905
Total.........1,463,144
1,256,435
The above does not represent the total movement between Hong Kong and the neighbouring provinces for there are many who arrive and depart by junk or sampan. On an average some 5,000 arrive and 5,000 depart daily.
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