Sessional_Paper_1946 — Page 9

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II.—DATA.

4.

SURVEY OF PROPERTY DESTROYED AND DAMAGED.

(a) Civilian Buildings.

These were placed under main heads as follows:--

European Residential

Chinese

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Classes 1 and 2.

Classes 1 and 2.

Chinese Tenement Houses.

Offices and Public Buildings,

Factories and Stores.

Each building was divided into typical

"units".

For example, the unit for a

Chinese tenement house was taken as one floor of size 15' x 40'; so that an average tenement house four stories high was considered as 4 units.

The number of damaged building units may be summarised as follows:-

Building Units

Type of Building

Destroyed

Damaged

Totals

European Residential, Class I.

107

834

941

u.

203

974

1,177

23

Chinese Residential, Class I.

84

201

285

II.

78

368

446

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Tenement Houses

8,217

8,039

16,256

Offices and Public Buildings

Factories

169

301

470

141

274

415

Stores

361

155

516

Totals:

9,360

11,146

20,506

Included in the above figures are:-

Hospitals

Schools

Churches

Police Stations

Hotels

Theatres

(b) Services Buildings.

Destroyed

Damaged

12

52

22+200

56

120

4

14

17

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Type of Building

Destroyed

Damaged

Totals

Dockyard Buildings

Navy

Barracks

Other Buildings

15

15

455

37

41

15

30

21

Barracks (200 men)

Married Quarters (Men)

Army

Married Quarters (Officers)

Officers' Messes

Ancillary Buildings

65

40020

13

6

152

158

6

12

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18

3

5

215

280

Totals:

118

448

566

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In addition to the above, H.M.S. Tamar", the Naval depot ship, is a constructive total loss; she accommodated 152 men.