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310
The deaths registered as having occurred amongst the Non-Chinese community during 1903 number. 310. Of these, 33 are from the Army and 9 from the Navy, leaving 268 amongst the Civil population.
The death-rate therefore for the Non-Chinese populatión including the Army and Navy is 166 per 1,000 as compared with 19 per 1,000 in 1902.
The nationalities of the deaths were as follows:-British 81. Portuguese 52, Indian 89, Danish 2, Siamese 1, Malay 9, Filipino 4, Japanese 30, American 6, Jewish 4, German 10, Russian 2. Spanish 3. Armenian 1. French 5, Parsee 1, Peruvian 1, Austrian 1, Norwegian 2, Goanese 1, Unknown 5.
Thirty-nine deaths occurred in men belonging to the Mercantile marine and Foreign Navies, so that the total number of deaths amongst the resident Civil population of the Colony in 1903 is 229. This gives a death-rate for the resident Civil population of 24-2 as compared with one of 29-9 in 1902.
The causes of the 39 deaths in the Mercantile marine were as follows:-
Heart Disease,
Pueumonia,
Rupture of Liver,
Beri-beri,..
Dysentery.
Shooting..
Meningitis,
Phthisis,
Plague,
Apoplexy,
Drowning,
Fracture of Skull, Malaria, ... Hæmorrhage, Peripheral Neuritis,
Hepatic Abscess,.
Cancer....
Cirrhosis of Liver,
Cholera,
Bronchitis,
Empyema, Unknown,
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3
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
39
Causes of Death in the 34 Deaths that occurred amongst the Troops (one case being Chinese does not appear amongst the Troops in the Registrar General's returns) :-
Enteric Fever,
Beri-beri....
Alcoholism,...
Gun-shot Wound,
Heart Disease,....
Pneumonia,.
Dysentery,
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
Phthisis,
Meningitis,
1
Opium Poisoning, Cirrhosis of Liver,
1
1
Abscess of Liver,
1
Malarial Fevers,
Drowning,
Gastritis,
8
1
1
Pyæmia,
Sarconia, Shock,
1
1
1
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