350*
Government should, without delay, introduce a Bill for the registration and licensing of all Chinese midwives practising in this Colony, so that some control may be exercised over them, in this respect, and also in respect to the number of deaths from Puerperal Fever, further reference to which will be found on page 9.
The following is a Table of the age periods at which the several deaths occurred:-
Ages unknown. Under 1 month. 1 month and I and under 5. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 45. 45 and upwards,■ _
under 1 year.
14
952
567
408
289
RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.
1,870
1,300
The number of deaths which occurred among the non-Chinese community during the year was 191; of these, 30 are debited to the Army and 8 to the Navy, leaving 153 deaths to be accounted for among the British and Foreign civil community, which is equal to a death-rate of 21:07 per 1,000; if the naval and military establishments are included, the death-rate stands at 17·6 per 1,000.
Of the 30 deaths in the Army, 22 were British, the remainder being Indians; the average age at ' death of the British soldier was 23-5 years, and the causes of death were as follows:-
Malarial Fever
Drowning.. Meningitis Cholera.....
Dysentery.
Diarrhoea
Enteric Fever
Sunstroke...
Abscess of Brain Heart disease .
Pneumonia
Phthisis
Strangulated Hernia
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total............... 22
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The average age at death in the Navy was 25'6 years, and the eight deaths were due to the following causes :—
Heart disease
Drowning
Dysentery
Enteric Fever
Myelitis
Meningitis
Phthisis
Total..............
2
1
1
1
1
1
8
The deaths of Europeans employed in the mercantile marine, and in foreign navies, were 22 in number, and the average age at death of these was 321 years, while the causes of death were as
follows:-
Phthisis Enteritis
Enteric Fever
2
Dysentery
2
Peritonitis
1
Cancer
1
Bright's disease
1
Anomia
1
Drowning..
1
Hemorrhage from wounds
Traumatic Meningitis
Meningitis
1
Apoplexy....
1
Asthma.....
Undiagnosed
1
1
Total.............
22