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The death-rates at various ages and the causes of death will be found in Table IV B and IV 2', The Births among the British and Foreign Community numbered 240, as compared with 261 in 1900; of this number, 124 were males and 116 females.
The Births registered as having occurred in the Chinese Community were 848, as against 678 in 1900.
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The subjoined Table shews the number of Births of Chinese registerel during the years 1891– 1901 inclusive:-
Your.
Number of Births.
1891.
..1,529
1892.
.1.660
1893,
..1,575
1894,
.1,250.
1895,
.1.195
1896,
978
Year.
Number of Births.
1897
.1.125.
1898.
963
1899,
852
1900,
678
1901.
848
The decrease is very striking, and on the suggestion of the Sanitary Board directions have been given by the Government for special efforts to be made to secure the registration of all births. During the last eleven years three Censuses of the Colony have been taken and the following information was obtained regarding the number of females and the number of families in the Chinese Community:--
1891.
Number of females over 15 in the Colony, ......40,492 Number of females over 15 in Victoria, Number of families in Victoria,
.26,762 .14,120
1897.
46,247
31,385
21,740
1901.
51,489
32,930
25,123
There is apparently an increased reluctance to register births and very probably an increased reluctance among Chinese women to being confined in Hongkong.
On the 15th July, the Kowloon City Police Station was declared a District Register Office and up to the end of the year 29 births and 52 deaths were registered.
There were 9 prosecutions under the Ordinance in 1901 under the following headings:--
Failing to report death,
Unlawful removal of dead bodies,
...1 case.
.6 cases.
The number of Deaths in the British and Foreign Community was 412, as compared with 302 in 1900. Of these, 99 died from Plague. The number of deaths among the Chinese was 6,670, as com- pared with 6,471 in 1900. 1,513 died from Plague. 367 of the deaths among the British and Foreign Community and 3,043 among the Chinese were certified to by a registered Medical Practitioner or were the subject of a Coroner's Enquiry. The following table shows the number of deaths and the leath-rate per 1,000 during the last eight years:-
Estimated Population.
British and Foreign,
Chinese.
Total.
1894,.
10,782
235,224
246,006
1895,.
10,828
237,670
248,498
1896,
3.
12,709
226,710
239,419
1897.
13,700
235,010
248,710
1898,
15,190
239,210
254,400
1899,.....
15,822
243,490
259,312
1900..
14,778
247,900
262,678
1901,..
20,096
280,564
300,660
Deaths.
1894,
.7,407
1895,
.5.400
1896,
..5,860
1897.
.4,688
1898,
..5,674
1899,
.6,181
1900,
.6,773
1901,
.7,082
Death-rate per 1,000.
British and Foreign.
Chinese,
Total.
1894,
23.28
30.42
30.11
1895,
17.64
21.92
21.73
1896,
19.91
24.75
24.48
1897,
14.89
19.08
18.85
1898,
19.15
22.50
22.30
1899,
15.23
24.4
23.84
1900,
20.44
26.10
25.78
1901,
20.50
23.77
23.55
Four hundred and sixty-nine certificates were granted by the Police for the removal of dead bodies from the Colony, as compared with 735 in 1900.
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