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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.

VII-VITAL STATISTICS.

(A.) POPULATION.

The population of the last census, which was taken in 1897, was 246,880. As the returns of the 1891 census gave the figures at 221,441, there is thus an increase of 25,439.

It is estimated that in the middle of 1898 the population stood as follows:-

Non-Chinese civil population 8,732

Chinese population :-

City of Victoria, including Peak and Stonecutters' Island 165,900

Villages in Hong Kong and Kowloon 39,940

Floating population ... 33,370

Total... 239,210

Army 3,073

Navy 3,385

Total estimated population of the Colony 254,400

(B.) PUBLIC HEALTH.

The total number of deaths during 1898 was 5,674, showing a death-rate of 22.3. Of the 5,674 deaths recorded, 1,175 were from plague; therefore excluding deaths from plague the death-rate for the year was only 17.7.

The deaths were distributed as follows :-

Non-Chinese- 200, showing a death-rate of 16.2

White Coloured Chinese 91 5,383

Total 5,674

Average death-rate... 22.3

The deaths in the army numbered 32, of which 23 were British and the rest Indian; in the navy there were 11 deaths among British seamen. Seven per 1,000 of the deaths among British troops were due to malarial diseases alone. Two Indian soldiers and one British soldier died of plague. Of this disease there was a

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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL. VII-VITAL STATISTICS. (A.) POPULATION. The population of the last census, which was taken in 1897, was 246,880. As the returns of the 1891 census gave the figures at 221,441, there is thus an increase of 25,439. It is estimated that in the middle of 1898 the population stood as follows:- Non-Chinese civil population 8,732 Chinese population :- City of Victoria, including Peak and Stonecutters' Island 165,900 Villages in Hong Kong and Kowloon 39,940 Floating population ... 33,370 Total... 239,210 Army 3,073 Navy 3,385 Total estimated population of the Colony 254,400 (B.) PUBLIC HEALTH. The total number of deaths during 1898 was 5,674, showing a death-rate of 22.3. Of the 5,674 deaths recorded, 1,175 were from plague; therefore excluding deaths from plague the death-rate for the year was only 17.7. The deaths were distributed as follows :- Non-Chinese- 200, showing a death-rate of 16.2 White Coloured Chinese 91 5,383 Total 5,674 Average death-rate... 22.3 The deaths in the army numbered 32, of which 23 were British and the rest Indian; in the navy there were 11 deaths among British seamen. Seven per 1,000 of the deaths among British troops were due to malarial diseases alone. Two Indian soldiers and one British soldier died of plague. Of this disease there was a
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206 26 Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL. VII-VITAL STATISTICS. (A.) POPULATION. The population of the last census, which was taken in 1897, was 246,880. As the returns of the 1891 census gave the figures at 221,441, there is thus an increase of 25,439. It is estimated that in the middle of 1898 the population stood as follows:- Non-Chinese civil population Chinese population :- 8,732 City of Victoria, including Peak and Stonecutters' Island 165,900 Villages in Hong Kong and Kowloon 39,940 Floating population *** 33,370 Total... *** 239,210 Army Navy 3,073 慷 3,385 [ Total estimated population of the Colony 254,400 (B.) PUBLIC HEALTH. The total number of deaths during 1898 was 5,674, showing a death-rate of 22-3. Of the 5,674 deaths recorded, 1,175 were from plague; therefore excluding deaths from plague the death- rate for the year was only 17·7. The deaths were distributed as follows :- Non-Chinese-. 200, showing a death-rate of 16-2 White Coloured ... Chinese 91 5,383 33 >> Total 1 >>> 33.6 22.5 5,674 Average death-rate... 22.3 The deaths in the army numbered 32, of which 23 were British and the rest Indian; in the navy there were 11 deaths among British seamen. Seven per 1,000 of the deaths among British troops were due to malarial diseases alone. Two Indian soldiers and one British soldier died of plague. Of this disease there was a
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.

VII-VITAL STATISTICS.

(A.) POPULATION.

The population of the last census, which was taken in 1897, was 246,880. As the returns of the 1891 census gave the figures at 221,441, there is thus an increase of 25,439.

It is estimated that in the middle of 1898 the population stood as follows:-

Non-Chinese civil population

Chinese population :-

8,732

City of Victoria, including Peak and

Stonecutters' Island

165,900

Villages in Hong Kong and Kowloon

39,940

Floating population

***

33,370

Total...

***

239,210

Army Navy

3,073

慷

3,385

[

Total estimated population

of the Colony

254,400

(B.) PUBLIC HEALTH.

The total number of deaths during 1898 was 5,674, showing a death-rate of 22-3. Of the 5,674 deaths recorded, 1,175 were from plague; therefore excluding deaths from plague the death- rate for the year was only 17·7.

The deaths were distributed as follows :-

Non-Chinese-.

200, showing a death-rate of 16-2

White Coloured ... Chinese

91

5,383

33

>>

Total

1

>>>

33.6

22.5

5,674 Average death-rate... 22.3

The deaths in the army numbered 32, of which 23 were British and the rest Indian; in the navy there were 11 deaths among British seamen. Seven per 1,000 of the deaths among British troops were due to malarial diseases alone. Two Indian soldiers and one British soldier died of plague. Of this disease there was a

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