recorded elsewhere-660 at Yau Ma Tei, 158 at Sung Wong Toi Road Registry, 167 at Sham Shui Po and 149 at Kwun Tong. In the New Territories decreases were recorded in all the main districts except for Tsuen Wan and Sai Kung, where there were increases of 283 and five respectively.
178. 434 multiple births were registered in 1971, 430 of twins and four of triplets, producing altogether 872 liveborn babies. 111 births were registered as illegitimate, as compared with 90 in 1970. The births registered also included seven foundlings.
Post-registration of Births
179. Owing to the absence of facilities for registration in the New Territories until 1932, very few births in the villages were registered before then. In that year facilities were provided for registration at various places in the New Territories, but a great many villagers still neglected to register the births of their children. Under modern condi- tions a birth certificate has, at least for the young, become practically essential, and for many years past there has been a constant flow of applications to post-register births in the New Territories. To deal with these, three mobile teams have been operating throughout the year, visiting outlying villages according to a regular programme.
180. During 1971-72, 1,865 births were post-registered more than one year after the date of birth, as follows:
Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon
New Territories:
Islands District
Sai Kung District Tai Po District ...
Tsuen Wan District Yuen Long District
...
Total
1,297
15
18
281
+
52
...
...
202
568
1,865
This total represented a drop of 35 compared with the 1970-71 total of 1,900. At one time there used to be long waiting lists of applicants, but the substantial reduction in the number of applications since the peak of 7,124 in 1962-63 has enabled the registration teams to reduce delays to the minimum required for the process of verification, and by 31st March 1972 the total number of applications on the waiting list for all districts, urban and rural, was only 65. Of these 46 were in the urban area, and the remaining 29 in the New Territories.
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