336
It is difficult to see how to increase the proportion of births registered. Without domiciliary visits it is impossible to ascertain where a birth has occurred. Something may be done to make registration more convenient by an increase in the number of offices but it is not certain that convenience of itself is a sufficient inducement to parents to report a birth. It is time a district office was opened at Hunghom.
The registers of births and deaths at the Shamshuipo district office were destroyed in the typhoon of the 18th September, but copies of the entries up to the 30th June had already been made and forwarded to the Registrar General's Office.
Exhumations.
Three hundred and thirty-six (336) permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal to China or for re-burial in the Colony.
Removals of Bodies from Colony.
Six hundred and six (606) certificates were issued by the Police for removal of bodies from the Colony.
6.-Vaccination. Ordinance No. 2 of 1890.
(See Tables VII a to VII e.)
Returns have been obtained from the villages. They are not quite satisfactory, but at any rate a commencement has been made with the keeping of a record. The officer in charge of Kowloon City Office thinks that in a number of cases where the children have been vac- cinated no certificate is received by the registrar. This is probably true not only of Kowloon City but of Shaukiwan, Yaumati and other out-districts as well, as will be seen by a reference to Table VII a.
The increase in the number of vaccinations is most satisfactory. House-to-house vac- cination was carried out by the Public Dispensary doctors in Victoria in the cold season of 1905-1906,-531 vaccinations were performed-and is being carried out this cold season not only in Victoria but in Yaumati and Hunghom as well.
7.-Registration of Books. Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.
Sixty-five books were registered during the year, compared with sixty-six in 1905.
8.-Copyright in Works of the Fine Arts: Ordinance No. 17 of 1901. Three sets of photographs were registered during the year.
9.-Certificates of Identity to Chinese entering the United States of America, etc. Ordinance No. 3 of 1898.
The number of certificates issued during the years 1905 and 1906 was :--
To the United States,
25
"
Hawaiian Islands, Philippines,
1905. 1906.
1
6
7
CO
3
The issue of these certificates is now confined to Chinese who are British subjects esident in Hongkong.
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