AnnualReport-1933 — Page 392

# M 28-

## SECTION II.

### PUBLIC HEALTH.

#### PART I.-VITAL STATISTICS.

Civil Population.

64. The estimated civil population for the whole of the territories under British jurisdiction at the middle of the year was 922,643, of which 902,197 or 97.3 per cent was Chinese and 20,446 or 2.22 per cent non-Chinese. The distribution was as follows:

Urban area of Victoria :- Europeans and Americans 4,080 Other non-Chinese races 5,600 Chinese 368,739 378,419 Villages of Hong Kong Europeans and Americans 320 Other non-Chinese races .. 107 Chinese 45,286 45,713 Total for Hong Kong Island..... 424,132 Urban Area of Kowloon including New Kowloon :— Europeans and Americans 4,590 Other non-Chinese races 5,727 Chinese 286,896 Total for Kowloon & New Kowloon...... 297,213 Junks and Sampans: Chinese 100,000 New Territories exclusive of New Kowloon :- Europeans and Americans 22 Chinese 101,276 Total civil population 101,298 922,643