AnnualReport-1937 — Page 336

Table XI.

BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION.

(COMMENCED In 1932).

Births. Deaths. Total. 1933 875 376 1,251 1934 976 452 1,428 1935 938 554 1,492 1936 668 671 1,339 1937 691 905 1,596

Table XII.

LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS 1937.

IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.

$ Road in Cheung Chau European Reservation, Cheung Chau 150.00 Paths on Lantau Plateau 100.00 School at Tsing Yi 407.00 Well at Cheung Chau 400.00 Street Repairs at Tai O 200.00 Street Paving and Channelling at Hang Hau 200.00 Repairs to Bund at Tsing Yi 215.00 Repairs to Latrine at Cheung Chau 75.00 Repairs to Bridge at Tung Chung 3.00 Repairs to Causeway at Tai O 50.00 Un-expended *200.00 Total $ 2,000.00

* This sum was approved by Finance Committee to cover cost of repairing the damage caused to the District Office, South, by the typhoon of the 2nd September, 1937.