The document summarizes information from graves and memorials in Hong Kong cemeteries from the 1840s. It notes that most who died were young men, including many police officers, who succumbed to fever between June and September 1848. Additional deaths from other sicknesses are listed by rank and age/gender. The document also mentions that the materials used for graves have changed over time and that some memorials provide clues to the lives of the deceased.

1. Our Visit To The
Cemetery!
by: Olivier, Nathan, Evan, Tiffany and Clara

2. What Do You Know About
Hong Kong’s Past?
• Most men who died were young
• There was a lot of young police officers

3. People Who Died From
Fever...
June - 30th September 1848
• 9 Sergeants
• 8 Corporals
• 4 Drummers
• 67 Privates
• 4 Women
• 4 Children

4. Died From Other
Sicknesses...
• 9 Sergeants
• 4 Corporals
• 3 Drummers
• 135 Privates
• 4 Women
• 17 Children

5. Facts
• You can tell
when people died
by looking at the
materials
• Hong Kong used
stone to make graves in
the past, but now, they
use marble

6. Things To Tell What
They Did In Their Life...
• In front of some graves there are things to
tell what they relate to, like smoke....