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6. Interments.-The following table shows the number of interments at the various cemeteries during the year :—
PUBLIC,
PRIVATE.
('olonial
64
Chinese Mount Caroline 1,049
Roman Catholic (Happy
Valley)..
178
Chai Wan
253
Mohammedan
(Happy
Chai Wan Christian
1:
Valley).
78
Stanley
21
Jewish (Happy Valley)
2
Aberdeen
230
Parsee
Shek O
9
Malay
1
Kai Lung Wan
1,596
Chinese Roman Catholic
Sai Yu Shek
236
(So Kon l'o).....
1.404
Sai Yu Shek-Christian
12
Chinese Tung Wah Hos-
Mohammedan Tai Shek Ku
Ho Mun Tin
3,798
Chinese
(Aberdeen)
51
Chinese Protestant
(Mount Davis)......................... 77 Chinese Christian (Kowloon Tong)
27
7,270
6,693
pital (Kai Lung Wan) 4,875
Permanent
ADMINISTRATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION.
The General Registration office established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1896 for registration of both births and deaths is situated at the Sanitary Department Head office.
At this offer all non-Chinese births and deaths must be regis- tered. Chinese are required to register in the district within which the birth or death occurred. A list of such district regis- tries for births and deaths respectively is appended. The districts are not precisely defined and in some cases the birth registration district does not coincide with the death registration district; in certain districts registration of birth can be effected alternatively at a Police Station or a Chinese Public Dispensary. Nos. 2 and 7 Police Stations are available for registration of deaths on Sundays and public holidays only when the General Registration office is closed. The Head of the Sanitary Department is 'ce officio' registrar and has appointed the Police officers in charge of stations and the principal clerks in charge of Dispensaries on the appended list as assistant Registrars.
Death registration, being a necessary preliminary to burial, is universally done but there is considorable ignorance of the law among Chinese as regards registering of births, Female birtles in particular are frequently not registered. This is no doubt due to the presence of a large fluctuating population completely unaccustomed to the system.
In this connection it is worthy of note that the records of registered midwives alone show a total of 5,304 births (2,814 male and 2,490 female) as against the total officially registered of 3,522 (Chinese) (2,205 male and 1,317 female).
During the year the practice hitherto followed of paying 20 cents for each birth registered to Dispensary clerks was abandoned in favour a bonus of 10 cents to the clerk for each birth registered and 20 cents to the licentiate for each successful child vaccination. DEATH REGISTRATION OFFICES.
Sanitary Department, Heal Office. Yaumati Police Station. Shaukiwan Police Station.
Aberdeen Police Station.
No. 7 Police Station.
No. 2 Police Station,
Kowloon City Police Station. Sham Shui Po Police Station. Stanley Police Station.
BIRTH REGISTRATION OFFICES,
Sanitary Department Head Office. Yaumati Chinese Public Dispensary. Hung Hom Chinese Public Dispensary. Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary, Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary. Eastern Chinese Public Dispensary. Western Chinese Public Dispensary. Central Chinese Public Dispensary. Shuukiwan Chinese Public Dispensary. Aberdeen Police Station. Stanley Police Station, Shaukiwan Police Station.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
1. Appendix 1 shows under the various headings the revenue collected by the department during 1922, and also revente paid to the Treasury in respect of the Department's contracts,
One new head of revenue ‘Offcial certificates' was opened, This represents fees now charged in respect of the Colonial Veter- inary Surgeon's certificate on exported lard, food products and cattle. $3,522 was collected under this head,
2. Appendix N shows under various headings the expenditure of the year. The increased expenditure over 1921 is more than accounted for by increase in personal emoluments due mainly to stipulated increments. Other charges votes have been uniformly reduced.
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon are appended.
G. R. SAYER, Head of Sanitary Department.
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