214
200
201
J
Total number of Chinese births registered 13,150, of which 7,341 were male and 5,809 female. There were 42 cases of late registration.
Total of Non-Chinese births
Classified of Non-Chinese births :-
447
Northern Territory Registration Districts.
Shatin
1931 Census
No. of births registered.
Population.
4,346
3
Tai Fo
12,684
84
Sha Tau Kok
8,941
11
Sheung Shiu
10,208
13
Lok Ma Chau
4,377
0
Au Tau
12,877
151
Ping Shan
12,660
0
Sai Kung
7,585
Southern Territory
Registration Districts.
Tsun Wan
5,335
53
Cheung Chau
5,477
226
Tai O (Lantau Island).. 7,409
46
Total of population for New Territories
99,776
British
Indian
Portuguese
Filipino
181 (15)
110
82
10
Eurasian
Annamite
5
7
Dutch
Ecudorian
1
Brazilian
American
13
Syrian Chilian Malay
2
7
German
13
Norwegian
3
French
Canadian
1
Hawaiian
Spanish
Russian
Australian Swiss
1 (1)
447
There were 16 cases of late registration of births after
1 year.
For late registration after one year
Classification of sex.
Male
219
Female
228
447
Classification of sex--Male
Births registration in the New Territories.
Total of births registered in 1932
587
322
Female
265
587
The fact that the birth rate on the above figures works out at 5.88 per mille shows that very few of the births are registered.
VACCINATION.
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Under the Vaccination Ordinance the guardians of every child born must, unless there be a medical reason to the contrary, furnish to the Registrar of Births and Deaths certificate of vaccination on receipt of which the Registrar must record the facts in the Births Register. Notices containing advice on this matter are handed to the parent at the time of registration, or if the person notifying be not the parent the notice is sent by post.
If the necessary certificates are not received reminders are sent by post to the parents.
The non-Chinese make a good response and the majority of infants are vaccinated. The Chinese on the contrary do not make a good response and the majority of infants remain unvaccinated or at any rate uncertified. The majority of the Chinese are of course working class people who can neither read nor write English or Chinese.
Many of these people hold the belief that a child should not be vaccinated until it has experienced two Chinese New Years, which means that one born just after the New Year would be nearly two years old before the propitious time arrives.
Under the circumstances very few prosecutions instituted for neglect to certify as to successful vaccination.
The following table shows the position in detail:-
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