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APPENDIX

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(See paragraph 75)

RELIEF SECTION

EMERGENCY RELIEF

PERIOD: 1ST APRIL, 1963 to 31st March, 1964

Food issued

Nature of

Event

Number

Damage or Destruction

Casualties

Families

Victims

Number of cooked meals

Number of portions* of dry rations

Fire

26

21 houses

3 flats

4 killed 17 injured

1,257

6,144

177,048

1,743

324 huts

Evacuation from

dangerous building

House collapse

Typhoon...

48

94 houses

1 injured

1,236

6,420

124,296

1,036

1 flat

13

16 houses

4 killed

219

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1,033

34,457

2,996

5 huts

22 injured

1

19 huts

43

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1,334

5,230

Explosion

1

6 killed

26

113

1,190

20 injured

Landslide

1

5 huts

14

99

3,226

Clearance of street

sleepers

1

81

150

600

Junk/boat capsize

6

2 junks

22 killed

19

127

I

1,696

& boats

4 injured

Total

97

131 houses

4 flats

36 killed 64 injured

2,895

15,420

344,857

8,611

353 huts

2 junks

8 boats

* Each portion is for two meals.

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