356
The causes of death were as follows:
Bubonic Fever,
Typhus Fever,
Enteric Fever,
Small-pox, ..äij.........
Dysentery,
Enteritis,
Gastritis,
Beri-Beri,
Syphilis,
Heart disease,
1
1
Pneumonia,..... Bronchitis,
1
Phthisis,
1
Homoptysis,
2
Bright's disease,
1
Alcoholism,.
1
Sunstroke,
3
Cancer,
1
Drowning, Undiagnosed,
1
1
1
1
3
2
3
The total number of deaths therefore which occurred among the Non-Chinese Civil Com- munity during the year was 199 as compared with 131 during the preceding year; the nationalities of these persons were as follows :—
British,
German,
French,
Italian,...
Russian,
Spanish,
.51
Brought forward,
9
Portuguese,
3
Indian,
3
Malays and Manila men,
1
Japanese,
Annainese,
Siamese,
.68
....68
.45
....66
6
12
1
Carried forward,..
Total,.....
The principal causes of death among the European Civil Community were as follows:-
Bubonic Fever,
Enteric Fever,....
Malarial Fevers, ...
Phthisis,
...
5
Alcoholism,
4 Sporadic Cholera and Diarrhoea,
9
Peritonitis,
6
Rheumatic Fever,
5
5
Diseases of liver,........... Sunstroke,
Diseases of heart and Blood-vessels,
Convulsions and Meningitis,
Four of the six deaths from Phthisis were males, and the ages were as follows :—
18,
25,
33.
35,
48,
52.
1
.199
4
4
2
2
2.
Alcoholism, both chronic and acute, and the constitutional diseases dependent thereon, bulk largely in the death returns of the European community.
It is interesting to note the remarkable increase in deaths among Europeans from the Malarial Fevers, as compared with the previous year, when only 2 were recorded.
Eight of these deaths from the Malarial Fevers occurred in Children under 15 years of age, while
six of them were under 5.
In view of the assertion so constantly made that Rheumatic Fever is unknown in this Colony, it is interesting to note that the deaths of two Europeans were registered last year as having resulted from that disease.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
In consequence of the large number of uncertified deaths among the Chinese which are recorded annually, I arranged with the Registrar General, at the beginning of the year, to supply me with a daily return of such deaths, with a view to the inspection of the bodies for the purpose of detecting any that have died from an infectious disease. In this manner no less than 635 dead bodies were examined during the year, the registered causes of death in these cases having been as follows:
Brought forward.......... 378
may
Apoplexy,
2
Intermittent Fever,..
Abortion,........
5
Heart Disease,........
7
Asthma,
Homoptysis,
3
Ascites,
Fever,
Bronchitis,
239
Immaturity at birth,
Beri-beri,
25
Menorrhagia,
Convulsions,
33
Old age,
Child-birth,
31
Phthisis,
Cerebral Congestion,
1
Premature labour,
1
Cramps,
Paralysis,.....
Cancer of Ear,
1.
Remittent Fever,
Diarrhoea,
6
Spotted Fever,
Dropsy,
5
Scrofula,
Dysentery,
5
Tetanus,
Debility,
13
Worms,
Enteric Fever,.
1
Unknown,
Carried forward,.................... 378
47
.....
5
3
1
1
1
7
161
1
1.
4
1
1
2
1
20
Total,.........................................................635