POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1932.
RETURN OF THE POPULATION, AND OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
| County, District, or Parish | Area in Square Miles | British and Foreign | Chinese Population | Aliens and Resident Strangers | Total Population | Persons per Square Mile | Persons Employed in (not included in preceding columns) | Births | Deaths | Marriages | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Agriculture | Manufactures | Commerce | Number | Rate per 1,000 | Number | Rate per 1,000 | Number | Rate per 1,000 | ||||
| Colony of Hong Kong | 390 | 12,056 | †7,928 | 300,485 | 380,327 | 512,541 | 888,255 | 2,309 | Returns not available | 14,184 | 15.7 | 187 | 20,139 | 22.3 |
† Excluding the Army and Navy. (Estimations only.)
This return does not include marriages between persons neither of whom professes the Christian religion duly celebrated according to the personal law and religions of the parties. Both births and birth rates are very fallacious owing to partial Chinese registration and migration of boat population.
HOUSING.
Number of Chinese Dwelling Houses and Floors.
| Province, County, District or Parish | Total Population | Number of Houses | Number of Floors | 1 Storey | 2 Storeys | 3 Storeys | 4 Storeys | 5 Storeys | 6 Storeys | 7 Storeys | 8 Storeys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria (Hong Kong) | 273,244* | 1,299 | 891 | 5,199 | 2,557 | 5,997* | 58 | 123 | 121 | 20,529* | 115 |
| Kowloon and New Kowloon | 226 | 510 | |||||||||
| † Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau | |||||||||||
| Shaukiwan | |||||||||||
| Total | 75,115 | (NI) | 421 | 1,739 | 2,244 | 10,033 | 8,867 | 629 | 15 | 3 | 12,400 |
NOTE: This form is a modification of that required by Colonial Office Circular Despatch of 30th June, 1931 to suit local conditions and to give more accurate information.
POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1932.
RETURN OF THE POPULATION, AND OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
County, District, or Parish..
Aron in
British and Foreign.
Chinese Population.
Square Miles.
Total.
Population
Aliens and Resident Strangers
Persous employed in
Males. Females, Males. Females. Males, | Females.
to ille Square! not included Mile. | in preceding
| Columns
Births. Number and Rate per 1,000.§
Deaths.
Murringes.
Number and Rate
Agricul-Maunfae- Com-
per 1,000,
ture.
tures. merce.
Colony of Hong Kong,
390
!
12,056 | † 7,928 | 300,485 380,327 512,541 | 888,255
2,309
Returns not available.
14.184 15.7
187
20,139 22.3
per
1,000
† Excluding the Army and Navy,
(Estimations only).
per
1,000
This return does not include murriages between persons neither of whom professes the Christian religion duly celebrated according to the personal law and religions of the parties. Both births and birth rates are very fallacious owing to partial Chinese registration and migration of boat population,
HOUSING.
Number of Chinese Dwelling Houses and Floors.
Province, County,
District or Parish.
Total Population.
Number of Houses.
Number of Floors,
1 Storey, |2 Storeys, 3 Storeys. 4 Storeys. 5 Storeys,; 6 Storeys, | 7 Storeys. S Storeys,
Victoria,
(Hong Kong).
Kowloon and New Kowloon,
† Aberdeen and Aplichnu,
Shaukiwan..........
Total
36-1,279
266
1,004
4,203
6,275
625
15
+J
273,244*
1,299
891
5.199
2,557
5,997*
58
123
121
20,529*
115
226
510
BO
1,739
2,244
10,033
8,867
629
15
3
12,400
43,285
9 950
28,926
302
667
886
2,237
9
3
23,538
NOTE: This form is a modifiention of that required by Colonial Office Circular Despatch of
30th June, 1931 to suit local conditions and to give more accurate information.
75,115
(NI)
421
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