142. The registration facilities for the Shau Kei Wan area were improved by the removal of the District Birth Registry from Shau Kei Wan Public Dispensary to the Jockey Club Polyclinic at Chai Wan Road on 15th July 1964. Not only is the new accommodation more spacious than the old but it is more conveniently situated being within easy reach of the now heavily developed area of Chai Wan.
Population
143. According to the 1961 Census the population of the Colony on 7th March 1961 was 3,133,131 including 3,483 persons classified as transients. Since then the estimated population has risen as follows:
Mid-year 1961 End year 1961 Mid-year 1962 End year 1962 Mid-year 1963 End year 1963 Mid-year 1964 End year 1964
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+
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3,184,300
3,226,400
3,409,700
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3,526,500
3,592,100
3,642,500
3,692,200
3,739,900
The natural increase in the population in 1964, being the number by which the registered births exceeded the registered deaths in that year, was 90,406.
Comparative Birth and Death Rates
144. When considering the birth and death rates mentioned in the following paragraphs it will be of interest to bear in mind the following birth and death rates quoted in the United Nations Demographic Year- book 1963:
England and Wales Scotland
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-- J
Ireland
-
France
•
TI
Italy
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Sweden
Canada
United States Australia ... New Zealand
Mauritius...
Israel Japan
Singapore
-
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Crude
Crude Infant
Year
Birth
Death
Mortality
Rate
Rate
Rate
1963
18.2
12.2
20.9
1963
19.7
12.6
26.5 (1962)
1963
22.2
11.8
26.7
1963
18.2
11.7
26.6
1963
19.1
10.2
-
39.5
1963
14.8
10.1
15.0
1963
24.8
7.8
27.6 (1962)
1963
21.6
9.6
25.2
1963
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21.6
8.7
20.0
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...
1963
25.5
8.8
19.6
1963
39.9
9.6
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60.1 (1962)
1963
24.6
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6.2
28.2
1963
17.2
7.0
26.5 (1962)
1962
35.1
5.9
31.0
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