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The number of Deaths in the British and Foreign Community was 352, as compared with 412 in 1901. Of this, 26 died from plague. The number of deaths among the Chinese was 6.431 as compared with 6,670 in 1901. Of this, 546 died from plague.
The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 during the last nine years:-
Estimated Population.
British and Foreign.
Chinese.
Total.
1894,
10,782
235,224
246,006
1895,
10,828
237,670
248,498
1896,
12,709
226,710
239,419
1897.
13,700
235,010
248,710
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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
1902,..
18,524
293,300
311,824
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
1902,
.6,783
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
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1898,
19.15
22.50
22.30
1899,
15.23
24.40
23.84
1900,
20.44
26.10
25.78
1901,
20.50
23.77
23.55
1902,..
19.00
21.93
21.70
Six hundred and ninety-five certificates were issued by the Police for the removal of dead bodies from the Colony, as compared with 469 in 1901.
EXHUMATION.
Eighty-nine permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal to China or for re-burial in the Colony.
HOSPITAL DEATHS.
Table IV (D.) contains a return of the number of deaths in hospital. They amount to 1,344 or 20.21 per cent. of the total number of deaths registered during the year.
Table IV (E.) gives particulars regarding the Tung Wa Hospital. The number of patients under treatment during the year was 2,730 as compared with 3,116 in 1901. Of these, 1,422 were discharged and 1,169 died. The percentage of deaths compared with admissions during the year was 45.34. In 1901 the percentage was 24.40, and in 1900 40.41.
The number of out-patients during the year was :—
Males, Females,
..............60,335
.28,507
Total,...
...88,842
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