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Scoretary.

Estimated

Population,

|192,000|197,000 | 218,800 | 225,500 | 230,000|242,400 | 244,930 |

DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.

Year.

1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1889. | 1890. 1891. | 1892. | 1893. 1894. 1895.

Table showing the Total Deaths for each Month in the Years 1889 to 1895 inclusive and the Death-rate for estimated Population, (Army and Navy excluded).

REMARKS.

1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. | 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895.

January,

309 329 437 384 .448 347 347 19.3 20.0 24.3 20.7 23.6 17.7 17.2

Deaths from causes

February,

March,

April,.

May,

421 355 382

430

June,

453 452 427

417

July,

August,

473 417 587

284 269 500 453 383 352 348 17.8 16.4 27.7 24.4 20.1 17.9 17.2 304 332 396 388 414 368 359 19.0 20.2 21.9 20.8 21.7 18.7 328 344 332 384 397 425 318 20.5 20.9 18.3 20.5 20.7 21.5 15.7 443 1,214 375 26.3 21.6 21.1 22.9 23.0 61.4 18.4 5192,221 398 28.3 27.5 23.4 22.2 26,9 112.0 375 537 492 447 29.6 25.4 32.1 19.9 27.8 24.8 413 405 563 396 502 382 508 25.9 24.7 30.7 21.0 25.9 19.2 24.8 September,... 879 441 457 445 468 349 537 23.6 26.9 October, 427 466 433 390 465 352 524 26.7 28.4 November, 441 359 417 346 414 381 626 27.6 21.9 22.5 18.2 21.2 19.0 30.3 December, 327 367 416 461 400 379 573 20.4 22.4 22.5 24.2 20.5 18.8 27.7

other than Small- pox, Choleraic Complaints and Bubonic Plague,

5,233 | 4,548 | 4,535 | 5,320| 4,824| 5,336| 4,787 | 5,800

17.7

Deaths from Small- pox and Choler- aic Complaints,...

762

11

1

27

45

54

25

24

19.5

Deaths from Babo- nic Plague,..

2,550

36

21.9

24.9

23.5 24.1 17.5 26.2

23.5

20.6 23.9 22.6 25.5

Total,... 4,559 | 4,536 | 5,347 | 4,869 | 5,390 |7,362 |5,360 23.7

23.0 24.4 21.3 23.3 30.3

21.9

Total,.....] 5,995| 4,559| 4,586| 5,347 | 4,869|5,390|7,362 | 5,360

Hugh McCALLUM,

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 17th February, 1896.