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More immediate improvement will be effected by the resumption of the worst insanitary areas, which it is proposed to do by means of a Trust.

It was found necessary to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, so an amending Ordinance was passed by the Legislature on the 14th December. It effects alterations in some of the definitions and in the cubicle and overcrowding sections so as to render the carrying them into effect more practicable. In this Ordinance also the Principal Civil Medical Officer was appointed President of the Sanitary Board and administrative head of the Sanitary Department.

VACCINATIONS.

The following vaccinations were performed during the year:-

Government Civil Hospital,

Victoria Gaol,...................

Alice Memorial Hospital,

Tong Wah:-

Victoria,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

Shaukiwan,

Kowloon,

453

.2,887

321

1.

.591

24

15

29

28

Total,....

...5,348

RETURNS ACCOMPANYING THIS REPORT.

Attached are the:

-

Statistics of Population.

Meteorological Return and the Yearly Return of Diseases and Deaths at

the Government Civil, the Gaol and the Tung Wah Hospitals.

Hongkong, March 16th, 1904.

J. M. ATKINSON,

Principal Civil Medical Officer.

RETURN OF THE STATISTICS OF POPULATION, FOR THE YEAR 1903.

Europeans and Whites including

Africans, East

Indians and

Chinese.

Portuguese and

Malays including|

Total.

Number of Inhabitants in 1903,

Army and Navy.] Indian Troops."

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Births Deaths

12,771 217

5,810

307,050

325,631

68

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"

173

137

749 5.875

1,034

"

27

6,185

"

Immigrants,

140,551

>

"

140,551

29

Emigrants

83,384

""

21

83.384

-,

Inhabitants 1902,

*

12,805

Increase,

5,719 91

293,300

311,824

13,750

13,841

Decrease,

34

34

METEOROLOGICAL RETURN, FOR THE YEAR 1903.

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ter at

Temperature.

Humidity.

M.N. L.

Cloud-

iness.

Max. Mean. Jix.

Rei

Abs.

Ias.

p. c.

2. c.

Sun- shine.

Rain.

Wind.

JA.

ins.

Dir. Paints.

Aliles

P. 4.

April,

May,

June, July..

January,. 30.24 63.0 58.3 54.2 68 0.35

73107.3 1.37 February 30.27 62.7 58.4 55.1 73 0.37 78 77.2 March, 29.99 70.1 66.3 63.0 89 0.58 88 64.3 2.655 29.96 76.8 72.4 68.7 83 0.66 77 86.6 4.725 29.90 79.3 75.4 72.2 87 0.77 85 $2.5 | 13.96 29.79 86.4 82.0 78.5 82 0.90 74151.6 25.23 29.74 86.2 81.7 78.1 84 0.91 70208.1 August, 29.77 85.8 80.9 77.1 85 0.90 69 157.5 September,... 29.89 82.9 78.6 75.8 $4 0.82 62165.7 October, 29.93 81.5 76.4 72.2

70 0.64 60 | 173.9 November.... 30.11 73.8 67.2 62.1 62 0.42 40 209.2 December, 30.17 66.9 66.1 56.0 56 0.32 35 222.3

ENE

11.8

0.21 E by N

12.6

È

15.0

E by S

13.2

E by S

13.8

SSW

11.7

11.16

E by S

11.4

14.97

SSW

8.7

SERER

16.535 E

13.0

1.66 NE by N 1.09 NĚ

13.9

9.6

0.085 NE by E 12.0