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Table showing the Total Deaths for each Month in the Years 1887 to 1892 inclusive and the Death-rate for estimated Population, (Army and Navy excluded),

REMARKS.

Estimated Population,

182,500 | 187,000|192,000|197,000 | 218,800 | 225,500

DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.

Year,

1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892.

1887. 1888. | 1889. | 1890. 1891. 1892.

1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891, 1892.

January,

302

785

309

329

437

384

February,

289

472

284

269

500

453

March,

351

313

304

332

396

388

23.1 20.1 19.0 20.2

April,

326

311

328

344

332

384

21.4 20.0 20.5 20.9

May,

397

459

421

355

382

430

26.1 29.4 26.3 21.6

19.9 50.4 19.3 20.0 24.3 20.7 Deaths from causes 19.0 30.3 17.8 16.4 27.7 24.4 21.9 20.8

18.3 20.5 Deaths from Small- pox and Choleraic complaints,

other than Small- pox and Choleraic complaints,

5,020 5,233 4,548 4,535 5,320 4,824

June,

518

832

453

452

427

417

34.1

53.5 28.3 27.5

21.1

23.4 22.2

22.9

265 762

II

27 45

July,

494

596

473

417

587

375

32.5 38.2

29.6 25.4

32.1 19,9

August,

534

499

413

405

563

396

35.1 32.0 25.9 24.7

30.7 21.0

September,

459

488

379

441

457

445

30.2 31.3 23.6 26.9

24.9 23.5

October,

437

503

427

466

433

390

28.7 32.8 26.7 28.4 23.5 20.6

November,

520

391

441

359

417

346

December,

658

346

327

367

416

461

43.3 22.2 20.4 22.4 22.5

34.1 25.1 27.6 21.9 22.5 18.2

24.2

Total,.

5,285

5,995 4,559

4,536

5,347 4,869 29.0 32.1

23.7 23.0 24.4 21.3

Total,................ 5,285| 5,995 | 4,559 4,536|| 5,347 | 4,869

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 31st January, 1893.