Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1948-1954 — Page 60

APPENDIX 14

EMERGENCY RELIEF STATISTICS

Location and Nature of Emergency

Year

1948/49

Bridges St. Squatter Fire

Wo Hop Street Squatter Fire

Old Queen's College Squatter Fire

Moon Street Squatter Fire

Tai Kok Tsui Squatter Fire Hospital Road Squatter Fire

Approx. No. of Victims

14

157

1,033

23

20

65

1,312

1949/50

So Uk Village Squatter Fire

800

Tung Tau Village Squatter Fire Fuk Luk Lane Squatter Fire

17,000

157

17,957

1950/51

Li Cheng Uk Village Squatter Fire Hau Wong Temple Village Squatter Fire Tin Hau Temple Village Squatter Fire

5,000

2,800

1,300

9,100

1951/52

Kwong Ming Terrace Squatter Fire Li Cheng Uk Village Squatter Fire

Tung Tau Village Squatter Fire

Ma Shan Squatter Fire

Sookunpoo Squatter Fire

54

43

42

8,000

75

416

8,576

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