Northern Territory Registration Districts.
Shatin
M 201
-
1931 Census Population.
4,346
No. of births registered.
3
Tai Po 12,684 84 Sha Tau Kok 8,941 11 Sheung Shiu 10,208 13 Lok Ma Chau 4,377 0 Au Tau 12,877 151 Ping Shan 12,660 0 Sai Kung 7,585 0Southern Territory Registration Districts.
Tsun Wan Cheung Chau 5,335 53 5,477 226 46 Total of population for New Territories 99,776 Tai O (Lantau Island) 7,409The fact that the birth rate on the above figures works out at 5.88 per mille shows that very few of the births are registered.
VACCINATION.
Under the Vaccination Ordinance the guardians of every child born must, unless there be a medical reason to the contrary, furnish to the Registrar of Births and Deaths a certificate of vaccination on receipt of which the Registrar must record the facts in the Births Register. Notices containing advice on this matter are handed to the parent at the time of registration, or if the person notifying be not the parent the notice is sent by post.
If the necessary certificates are not received reminders are sent by post to the parents.
The non-Chinese make a good response and the majority of infants are vaccinated. The Chinese on the contrary do not make a good response and the majority of infants remain unvaccinated or at any rate uncertified. The majority of the Chinese are of course working class people who can neither read nor write English or Chinese.
Many of these people hold the belief that a child should not be vaccinated until it has experienced two Chinese New Years, which means that one born just after the New Year would be nearly two years old before the propitious time arrives.
Under the circumstances very few prosecutions are instituted for neglect to certify as to successful vaccination.
The following table shows the position in detail:-
Northern Territory Registration Districts.
Shatin
M 201
-
1931 Census Population.
4,346
No. of births registered.
3
Tai Po
12,684
84
Sha Tau Kok
8,941
11
Sheung Shiu
10,208
13
Lok Ma Chau
4,377
0
Au Tau
12,877
151
Ping Shan
12,660
0
Sai Kung
7,585
0
Southern Territory
Registration Districts.
Tsun Wan
Cheung Chau
5,335
53
5,477
226
46
99,776
Tai O (Lantau Island).. 7,409
Total of population for New Territories
The fact that the birth rate on the above figures works out at 5.88 per mille shows that very few of the births are registered.
VACCINATION.
Under the Vaccination Ordinance the guardians of every child born must, unless there be a medical reason to the contrary, furnish to the Registrar of Births and Deaths a certificate of vaccination on receipt of which the Registrar must record the facts in the Births Register. Notices containing advice on this matter are handed to the parent at the time of registration, or if the person notifying be not the parent the notice is sent by post.
If the necessary certificates are not received reminders are sent by post to the parents.
The non-Chinese make a good response and the majority of infants are vaccinated. The Chinese on the contrary do not make a good response and the majority of infants remain unvaccinated or at any rate uncertified. The majority of the Chinese are of course working class people who can neither read nor write English or Chinese.
Many of these people hold the belief that a child should not be vaccinated until it has experienced two Chinese New Years, which means that one born just after the New Year would be nearly two years old before the propitious time arrives.
Under the circumstances very few prosecutions are instituted for neglect to certify as to successful vaccination.
The following table shows the position in detail:-
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