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other Government Departments. Of this force 14 Europeans, 137 Indians, and 30 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year, under an Assistant Superintendent.
Up to the end of the year forty-one members of the Hong Kong Police Force had enlisted for active service and twenty more were ready at end of the year to proceed to England.
The following members of this Force were killed while on active service during the year :
P.C. A 25 Herbert George Wakeford
K.R.R. killed on 17. 5.16
A 52 Arthur Allchurch
1. 7.16
A 27 Ernest George Painting
1. 7.16
A 114 Peter Boyd Gardner
R.F.C. killed on 4.12.16
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a)-POPULATION.
The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on May 20th, 1911, was 456,739, of whom 104,287 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories and of New Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 528,010, but this includes the New Territories; and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 431,510, of whom 13,390 were non-Chinese.
(b)-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The activity in building operations which has been so noticeable a feature since 1912 has not abated, and the demand for housing accommodation by the Chinese continued to be greatly in excess of the supply, as many of those who fled with their families to Hong Kong during 1911, 1912, and 1913 elected to remain in the Colony.
The corrected birth-rate for the year was 8.1 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20.5 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 8.4 and 13.2 during 1915.
The death-rate for the year was 24.6 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15.08 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 19.0 and 9.4 during 1915.
The number of deaths from malaria (378) shows an increase on the previous year (366). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 182 out of a population of 270,300 or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from plague numbered 39 as compared with 144 in 1915. Small-pox deaths numbered 542, all Chinese, with the exception of three British and one each American, Portuguese, and Indian.
There were 2,112 deaths from respiratory diseases among the Chinese, as compared with 2,303 in 1915. Pulmonary tuberculosis and phthisis claimed 963 Chinese victims, while other forms of
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other Government Departments. Of this force 14 Europeans, 137 Indians, and 30 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year, under an Assistant Superintendent.
Up to the end of the year forty-one members of the Hong Kong Police Force had enlisted for active service and twenty more were ready at end of the year to proceed to England.
The following members of this Force were killed while on active service during the year :---
P.C. A 25 Herbert George Wakeford
K.R.R. killed on 17. 5.16
A 52 Arthur Allchurch
1. 7.16
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1. 7.16
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A 114 Peter Boyd Gardner
R.F.C.
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4.12.16
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IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(a)-POPULATION.
The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on May 20th, 1911, was 456,739, of whom 104,287 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories and of New Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 528,010, but this includes the New Territories; and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 431,510, of whom 13,390 were non-Chinese.
(b)-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The activity in building operations which has been so noticeable a feature since 1912 has not abated, and the demand for housing accommodation by the Chinese continued to be greatly in excess of the supply, as many of those who fled with their families to Hong Kong during 1911, 1912, and 1913 elected to remain in the Colony.
The corrected birth-rate for the year was 8·1 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 2005 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 84 and 13-2 during 1915.
The death-rate for the year was 24-6 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 15-08 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 19.0 and 9-4 during 1915.
The number of deaths from malaria (378) shows an increase on the previous year (366). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 182 out of a population of 270,300 or a rate of 0-6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from plague numbered 39 as compared with 144 in 1915. Small-pox deaths numbered 542, all Chinese, with the exception of three British and one each American, Portuguese, and Indian.
There were 2,112 deaths from respiratory diseases among the Chinese, as compared with 2,303 in 1915. Pulmonary tuberculosis and phthisis claimed 963 Chinese victims, while other forms of
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