Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
preventive of plague, 837 ground surfaces of houses having been made good with concrete and cement, while rat runs have been filled up with cement in 286 buildings.
New buildings (domestic) to the number of 162 were erected during the year, and in these the effect of the present Ordinance is seen in the increased amount of open space about the houses, which the law requires. Scavenging lanes, which have to be provided in the rear of new houses, also increase the open space about them and tend to reduce surface crowding.
Under the Insanitary Properties Resumption Scheme 21 houses and a portion of one other have been resumed during the year, and these, together with thirty others which had been previously resumed were demolished. The total area covered by these buildings was 29,502 square feet.
During the year there were 842 deaths from plague, compared with 287 in 1905 and 495 in 1904.
There were 1,634 deaths from respiratory diseases amongst the Chinese, or 20.2 per cent. of all Chinese deaths; 795 of these deaths were due to phthisis.
Beri-beri caused 561 deaths—a high figure, but considerably lower (117 less) than that for 1905 and 174 less than in 1904.
The deaths from malaria were 448, as against 287 in 1905, the increase being chiefly due to the prevalence of the disease among the coolies employed on the railway works.
The average number of deaths from this disease has fallen from 552 in the quinquennium 1897 to 1901, to 354 in the quinquennium 1902 to 1906.
(C.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 71.8° F., as compared with 71.6° F. in 1905 and 72.0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum monthly temperature was attained in August, when it reached 88.8° F., and the minimum monthly temperature was recorded in January, when it was 54.8° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 93.7° F., on the 28th August, and the lowest 46.8° F. on the 2nd January.
The total rainfall for the year was 77.80 inches, as compared with an average of 77.46 inches during the past ten years. The wettest month was September, with 30.60 inches; the driest, November, with only 0.18 inch. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 5.265 inches, on the 29th September, while no rain fell on 215 days of the year. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was 78 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the past 10 years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 5.3 hours, being 47 per cent. of the possible duration.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
preventive of plague, 837 ground surfaces of houses having been made good with concrete and cement, while rat runs have been filled up with cement in 286 buildings.
New buildings (domestic) to the number of 162 were erected during the year, and in these the effect of the present Ordinance is seen in the increased amount of open space about the houses, which the law requires. Scavenging lanes, which have to be provided in the rear of new houses, also increase the open space about them and tend to reduce surface crowding.
Under the Insanitary Properties Resumption Scheme 21 houses and a portion of one other have been resumed during the year, and these, together with thirty others which had been previously resumed were demolished. The total area covered by these buildings was 29,502 square feet.
During the year there were 842 deaths from plague, compared with 287 in 1905 and 495 in 1904.
There were 1,634 deaths from respiratory diseases amongst the Chinese, or 20-2 per cent. of all Chinese deaths; 795 of these deaths were due to phthisis.
Beri-beri caused 561 deaths-a high figure, but considerably lower (117 less) than that for 1905 and 174 less than in 1904.
The deaths from malaria were 448, as against 287 in 1905, the increase being chiefly due to the prevalence of the disease among the coolies employed on the railway works.
The aver- age number of deaths from this disease has fallen from 552 in the quinquennium 1897 to 1901, to 354 in the quinquennium 1902 to 1906.
(C.) CLIMATE.
The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 71-8° F., as compared with 716° F. in 1905 and 72.0° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum monthly temperature was attained in August, when it reached 88.8° F., and the minimum monthly temperature was recorded in January, when it was 54-8° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 93.7° F., on the 28th August, and the lowest 46-8° F. on the 2nd January.
The total rainfall for the year was 77.80 inches, as compared with an average of 77-46 inches during the past ten years. The wettest month was September, with 30-60 inches; the driest, November, with only 0-18 inch. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 5'265 inches, on the 29th September, while no rain fell on 215 days of the year. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was 78 per cent., as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the past 10 years. The average daily amount of sunshine was 5.3 hours, being 47 per cent. of the possible duration.
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