1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
MILITARY ACCOUNT.
5
177
100
The amount in sterling contributed by the Colonial Government during 1897 in aid of Military Expenditure was £42,993 12s. 3d. as against an expenditure of £162,588.
LEGISLATION.
The most important Ordinances passed during the year were--
(1) An Ordinance to declare and amend the Law of Partnership.
(2) An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Construction of Ordinances, to further shorten the Language used in Ordinances, and for other like purposes.
These Ordinances assimilate the law of the Colony to that prevailing in England.
There was also an Ordinance passed to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in this Colony.
POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
The population in 1887 numbered 212,951, as against an estimated population in the latter part of 1897 numbering 248,710, including members of the Army and Navy to the average number of 5,118. The European civil population during the year was estimated at 8,555.
The total number of deaths registered was 4,668 as compared with 5,860 during 1896, but in the latter year there were no fewer than 1,078 deaths from Bubonic Plague; deducting deaths from that disease, however, there has been a material reduction in the death-rate, which for 1897 stands at 18.85 per 1,000 as compared with an average of 23 per 1,000 during the previous five years (exclusive of 1894, the year of the great epidemic of Bubonic Plague).
The above statistics show an improvement in the state of the public health, which may be regarded as satisfactory; notwithstanding the fact that 293 cases of small-pox and 65 cases of enteric fever were reported during the year, the latter being chiefly confined to Europeans and the origin traceable to the milk supply.
It is only natural that a port like Hong Kong should be largely exposed, through the shipping, to epidemics of an infectious nature, and it is probably an indication of the adequacy of the Quarantine Regulations that such epidemics are not more frequent.
It is satisfactory to note that only 21 cases of Bubonic Plague were reported during the year.
1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
MILITARY ACCOUNT.
5
177
100
The amount in sterling contributed by the Colonial Govern- ment during 1897 in aid of Military Expenditure was £42,993 12s. 3d. as against an expenditure of £162,588.
LEGISLATION.
The most important Ordinances passed during the year were-- An Ordinance to declare and amend the Law of
Partnership.
(2) An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Construction of Ordinances, to further shorten the Language used in Ordinances, and for other like purposes.
These Ordinances assimilate the law of the Colony to that prevailing in England.
There was also an Ordinance passed to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in this Colony.
POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
The population in 1887 numbered 212,951, as against an estimated population in the latter part of 1897 numbering 248,710, including members of the Army and Navy to the average number of 5,118. The European civil population during the year was estimated at 8,555.
The total number of deaths registered was 4,668 as compared with 5,860 during 1896, but in the latter year there were no fewer than 1,078 deaths from Bubonic Plague ; deducting deaths from that disease, however, there has been a material reduction in the death-rate, which for 1897 stands at 18-85 per 1,000 as compared with an average of 23 per 1,000 during the previous five years (exclusive of 1894, the year of the great epidemic of Bubonic Plague).
The above statistics show an improvement in the state of the public health, which may be regarded as satisfactory; notwith- standing the fact that 293 cases of small-pox and 65 cases of enteric fever were reported during the year, the latter being chiefly confined to Europeans and the origin traceable to the milk supply.
It is only natural that a port like Hong Kong should be largely exposed, through the shipping, to epidemics of an infectious nature, and it is probably an indication of the adequacy of the Quarantine Regulations that such epidemics are not more frequent.
It is satisfactory to note that only 21 cases of Bubonic Plague were reported during the year.
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