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HONGKONG.

RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1888.

Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Governor. RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1888.

DISTRICTS.

Victoria,..

Kaulung,

Shaukiwán,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

TOTAL,

DEATHS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

ND.

10

89.

GRAND TOTAL,

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls. Total. Males. Females, Total.

Boys.

Girls.

Total. Males. Females.

Sex

Unknown.

Total.

38

98

91

189

191

57

248

672

508

1,180

2,700 1,976

4,679

1,369

4,927

I

3

4

1

1

48

34

82

320

206

7

533

86

534

?

:

:

:

:

:

:

69

50

119

163

108

271

119

271

44

28

26

54

139

101

1

241

54

241

...

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2223

12

34

36

25

:

61

34

61

99

94

193

192

57

249

839

630

1,469

3,358 2,416

11

5,785

1,662

6,034

DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

ESTIMATED POPULATION.

Annual Birth-Rate Annual Death-Rate

per 1,000 for the Year.

per 1,000 for the Year.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General.

Males. Females. Total.

Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese,... 75

Of the Deaths in Victoria, there were in the-

British and Foreign Community,

10,692

18.05

23.28

Portuguese,

78

Italian Convent, .

192

412

604

Indians, &c.,

46

Chinese,

.179,530

8.18

32.22

Asile de la Ste. Enfance,

187

313

500

Non-Residents,

50

Tung Wa Hospital,

1,078

366 1,439

Whole Population,..................

.*190,222

8.73

31.72

TOTAL,.............

249

TOTAL,.

1,452

1,091

2,543

* This does not include the moving population.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 19th February, 1889.

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