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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 3RD MAY, 1890.

4.559

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Svevetary.

Estimated Population,.

174,000 | 178,000 | 182,500 | 187,000|192,000

DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.

REMARKS.

Year,

1885.

1886. 1887.

1888.

1889.

1885.

1886. 1887.

1888.

1889.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

January,

270

314

302

785

309

18.6

21.1

19.9

50.4

19.3

Deaths from causes other

than small-pox and cho-

February,

302

316

289

472

284

20.8

21.2

19.0

30.3

17.8

lernic complaints,

6,014

5,020

5,233 4,548

March,

343

368

351

313

304

23.6

24.8

23.1

20.1

19.0

Deaths from small-pox and

choleraic complaints,

66

265

762

11

April,

318

335

326

311

328

21.9

22.6

21.4

20.0

20.

May,

326

437

397

459

421

22.4

29.9

26.1

29.4

26.3

June,

554

447

518

832

453

38.2

30.1

34.1.

53.5

28.8

July,

728

478

494

596

473

50.2

32.2

82.5

38.2

29.6

August,.

553

508

534

499

413

38.1

34.2

35.1

82.0

25.9

September,

482

470

459

488

379

83.2

31.7

30.2

31.3

23.6

October,

494

525

437

503

427

34.0

35.4

28.7

82.8

26.7

November,

400

532

620

391

441

27.6

35.9

34.1

25.1

27.6

December,

392

350

058

346

827

26.5

23.6

43.3

22.2

20.4

Total,.

5,162 5,080 5,285 5,995

4,559

29.7

28.5

29.0

32.1

28.

Total.

5,080

5,285 5,995

SANITARY BOARD ROOM, HONGKONG, 1st March, 1890.

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