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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the gaol was 601, the average for 1917 being 600, and the highest previous average being 726 in 1904. The percentage of prisoners to population, according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was 0·10. The average percentage for the last ten years was 0·12. Owing, however, to the large floating population, which is constantly moving between the Colony and Canton, the percentage of crime to population does not convey an accurate idea of the comparative criminality of the residents of the Colony. The gaol has accommodation for 707 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1·05, as compared with 1·36 in 1917 and 1·34 in 1916.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, tin-smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $69,202, as against $67,333 in 1917. A sum of $3,954 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work, against $3,601 in 1917.
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 561,500, 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 548,000, of whom 13,500 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 44 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 22·1 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 6·9 and 20·18 for 1917.
The death-rate for the year was 29·6 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 19·5 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 23·7 and 14·00 for 1917.
The number of deaths from malaria (398) shows a decrease on the previous year (416). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 176 out of a population of 299,450, or a rate of 0·6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from plague numbered 251, as compared with 35 in 1917. Small-pox deaths numbered 26, all Chinese,
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
The daily average of prisoners confined in the gaol was 601, the average for 1917 being 600, and the highest previous average being 726 in 1904. The percentage of prisoners to population, according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was 0·10. The average percentage for the last ten years was 0·12. Owing, however, to the large floating population, which is constantly moving between the Colony and Canton, the percentage of crime to population does not convey an accurate idea of the com- parative criminality of the residents of the Colony. The gaol has accommodation for 707 prisoners.
The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1'05, as compared with 136 in 1917 and 134 in 1916.
Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including printing, book-binding, tin-smithing, mat- making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $69,202, as against $67,333 in 1917. A sum of $3,954 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work, against $3,601 in 1917.
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 561,500, 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 548,000, of whom 13,500 were non-Chinese.
(6)—PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.
The activity in building operations, which has been so notice- able 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 44 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 22:1 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 6'9 and 2018 for 1917.
The death-rate for the year was 29'6 per 1000 among the Chinese community and 195 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 237 and 14:00 for 1917.
The number of deaths from malaria (398) shows a decrease on the previous year (416). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 176 out of a population of 299,450, or a rate of 0.6 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from plague numbered 251, as compared with 35 in 1917. Small-pox deaths numbered 26, all Chinese,
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