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Estimated

Population,

192,000 | 197,000 218,800 | 225,500 | 230,000 | 242,400 244,930 | 234,500

DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.

Year,

1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894.

1895. 1896.1889. 1890 1891 1892 1893. 1894. 189 5.1896.

Table showing the Total Deaths for each Month in the Years 1889 to 1896 inclusive and the Death-rate for estimated Population, (Army and Navy excluded).

REMARKS.

1888. 1889. 1890. 1891, 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896.

January, 309 329 437 384 448 847 February, 284 269 500 453 383 March, 304 332 396 388 414 368

352

347 548 19.3 20.0 848 584 17.8 16.4

359 617

24.3 20.7 28.6| 17.7| 17.2 27.9 27.7 24.4| 20.1 17.9 17.2 30.2 19.0 20.2 21.9 20.8 21.7 18.7 17.7 | 32.0|

Deaths from causes

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

5,233 4,548 4,535 5,320 4,824 5,336 4,787 5,300 4,729

April,..

May,

328 344 332 384 397 425 421 355 382 430 443 1,214 375

318

586

20.5 20.9 18.3 20.5 20.7 21.5 15.7 30.0 Deaths from Small-

pox and Choler-

762

11

27 45 541 25 24 53

548

26.3 21.6 21.1 22.9 23.0 61.4 18.4 28.0

June,

July,

453 452 427 417

5192,221 398

373

aic Complaints.... 28.3 27.5 28.4 22.2 26.9 112.0 19.5 19.1 Deaths from Bubo- nic Plague,..

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2,550

36 1,078

473 417 587 375 537 492 447

404

August, 413 405 563 396 502 382 508 September, 379 441 457 445 468 349 537 396 October, 427 466 433 390 465 352 524 November, 441 359 417 346 414 381 626

391

426

29.6 25.4 32.1 19.9 27.8 24.8 21.9 20.7 25.9 24.7 30.7 21.0 25.9】 19.2 24.8 | 20.0 23.6 26.9 24,9| 23.5| 24.1 17.5 26.2❘ 20,3 26.7 28.4 23.5 20.6| 23.9 | 22.6| 25,5 | 21.8 511 27.6 21.9 22.5 18.2 21.2 19.0 30.3 26.1 20.4 92.4| 22.5| 24.2| 20,5| 18.8| 27,7| 23.3

December,. 327 367 416 461 400 879 573 455

Total,... 4,559 4,5365,347 | 4,869 5,390 | 7,362 5,360 5,839 23.7 23.0 24.4 21.3 23.3 30.3 21.9 25.0

Total,... 5,995 4,559 4,586 5,347 4,869 5,390 7,362 5,360 5,860

Hugh McCallum,

Secretary.

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

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