- M 27
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. It is estimated that on an average some 7,000 arrive and 7,000 depart daily.
Births and Deaths Registration.
59. The Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance has since 1911 applied to the whole territory under British jurisdiction but until this year no action was taken to enforce it in the New Territories where registration of both births and deaths was the exception rather than the rule.
60. Death registration in the Colony proper 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 open spaces, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuaries where they are examined by the Medical Officer who fills in the necessary certificates which go through the Coroners' hands to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinized by the Medical Officer of Health.
61. It has been found very difficult to obtain anything like complete registration of births and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported. Every facility is offered for registration and the Chinese are more and more coming to realise its benefits,
Births.
62. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:
Chinese Non-Chinese Total 13,166 431 13,597Deaths.
63. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 19,829, giving a crude death rate of 24.74 as compared with 24.08 for the previous year.
64.
Year Deaths Estimated population Death rate per mille population 1932 Chinese- M 27
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. It is estimated that on an average some 7,000 arrive and 7,000 depart daily.
Births and Deaths Registration.
59. The Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance has since 1911 applied to the whole territory under British jurisdiction but until this year no action was taken to enforce it in the New Territories where registration of both births and deaths was the exception rather than the rule.
60. Death registration in the Colony proper 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 open spaces, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuaries where they are examined by the Medical Officer who fills in the necessary certificates which go through the Coroners' hands to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinized by the Medical Officer of Health.
61. It has been found very difficult to obtain anything like complete registration of births and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported. Every facility is offered for registration and the Chinese are more and more coming to realise its benefits,
Births.
62. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:
ChineseNon-ChineseTotal13,16643113,597Deaths.
63. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 19,829, giving a crude death rate of 24.74 as compared with 24.08 for the previous year.
64.
YearDeathsEstimated populationDeath rate per mille population1932Chinese- M 27
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. It is estimated that on an average some 7,000 arrive and 7.000 depart daily.
Births and Deaths Registration.
59. The Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance has since 1911 applied to the whole territory under British jurisdic- tion but until this year no action was taken to enforce it in the New Territories where registration of both births and deaths was the exception rather than the rule.
60. Death registration in the Colony proper 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 open spaces, and they are not a few, are taken to the Public Mortuaries where they are ex- amined by the Medical Officer who fills in the necessary certin- cates which go through the Coroners' hands to the Registrar. All certificates of death are scrutinized by the Medical Officer of Health.
61. It has been found very difficult to obtain anything like complete registration of births and a considerable number oi births, especially those of females, are never reported. Every facility is offered for registration and the Chinese are more and more coming to realise its benefits,
Births.
62. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony
were:
Chinese Non-Chinese
Total
13,166 431
13,597
Deaths.
63. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 19,829, giving a crude death rate of 24.74 as compared with 24.08 for the previous year.
64.
Year
Deaths
Estimated population
Death rate per mille population
1932
Chinese
Non-Chinese
19,540 283
781,036
25.02
19,984
14.16
1931
Chinese ...
18,566
761,149
24.39
Non-Chinese.
231
19,522
11.83
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