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The leading causes of death from communicable diseases are:
Cases
Diseases
Total
Deaths
Fatality rate
Chinese
Non-Chinese
1. Tuberculosis
13,855
31
13,886
4,190
30.2%
2. Enteric Fever
1,015
9
1,024
134
13.1%
3. Diphtheria
569
5
574
121
21.1%
4. Measles
390
138
528
39
7.4%
5. Malaria
482
44
526
35
6.7%
6. Bacillary
Dysentery
318
53
371
28
7.5%
Vital Statistics
Year
Births
1946
31,098
Deaths
16,653
1947
42,473
13,231
1948
47,475
13,434
1949
54,774
16,287
1950
60,600
18,465
1951
20,580
68,500
Infant Mortality
The deaths of infants under one year of age formed slightly less than one third of deaths for all ages for this year.
Mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Year
Died under 1 year of age
1946
1947
2,770 4,346
1948
4,324
1949
5,444
1950
6,037\
1951
6,285
Pre-Natal Mortality
89.1
102.3
91.1
99.4
99.6
91.8
The pre-natal mortality rate was 17.2 per 1,000 live births which is the lowest figure ever recorded.
Year
Stillbirths
Stillbirth rate
1946 1947
685
21.6
1,348
30.8
1948
1,251
25.7
1949
1,321
23.5
1950
1,343
22.2
1951
1,180
17.2
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