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The Civil population consists chiefly of male adults. At the last Census (1906) the population of males was 701 per cent. of the total civil population; at the 1901 Census the proportion was 72.6 per cent, so there has been an increase in the proportion of females (which means an increase in family life among the Chinese) during the past few years.
Of the Chinese population in 1906 70-3 per cent. were males, and over half the civil population (56.9 per cent. of the Chinese and 52.6 per cent. of the Non-Chinese) were between the ages of 20 and 45
years.
The City of Victoria is divided into ten health districts with a Sanitary Inspector in charge of each district. During the year under review these ten districts were grouped into five larger districts of two each and a Senior Inspector hat general supervision and control of the sanitary work in each of such groups.
Similarly Kowloon had one Senior Inspector with two District Inspectors under his supervision.
At the end of the year it was decided to abolish the special functions of the Senior Inspectors and to make each District Inspector directly answerable to the Me lical Oficer of Health or to one of the Assistant Medical Officers of Health. It is proposel to have third Inspector for Kowloon. This will enable the staff of Inspectors to be somewhat reduced in number.
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There are also four Plague Inspectors in the City of Victoria, two of whom have charge of three districts each, and there is one Plague Inspector for Kowloon.
The supervision of the sanitary work in the villages of Hongkong and in Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po is done by the Police Inspectors in their respective districts.
The following Table shows the number of Chinese houses and floors and the inmates per house and per floor in the City of Victoria as estimated for the
year 1907.
City of One Two Three Four Five Total Victoria. storey storey storey storey storey Dwell- Health Dwell- Dwell- Dwell- Dwell- Dwell- ings. District. ings. ings. ings. ings. ings.
Average Total No. of Floors. Floors
per Dwelling.
Number of
Number of
persons per Dwelling.
persons per Floor.
1
161 425 214
3
351
573
22882
32
Nil. 832 1,781 Nil. ! 1,009
2.1
14.8
6.9
2,752
2.7
20.1
7.4
Most of the Chinese of
A
Nil.
11
18 Nil. Nil.
29
76
2.6
this district live in quarters
attached to offices.
6
7
23
9
10
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49 566 430
9 1,062
3,569
3.3
22.1
6.6
132 463 321 48 437 369
46
964
3,169
3.3
18.2
5.5
25
925
3,0541
3.3
16.9
5.1
49 445 337
24 918
3,084
3.4
20.2
6.0
6
83 616 28 470 504 96 69 362 338 80
302
31,010 3,243
3.2
18.0
5.6
Nil. 1,098
2,864
2.6
22.9
8.7
Nil. 849 2,127
2.5
16.0
6.6
Total and
Averages 1907
3461,980 | 14,174 | 2,049
1078,696 25,719
2.8
20.0
6.8
Total and Averages 1906
-301 1,905 4,143 | 2,050
1048,503 25,296
2.9
20.4
6.9
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