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This is equal to a general birth-rate of 3.17 per 1,000 as compared with 3.8 in 1902.
The birth-rate among the non-Chinese community alone was 15.2 per 1,000 as compared with 12.6 per 1,000 in 1902.
The nationalities of the non-Chinese parents were as follows:-British 118, Portuguese 75, Indian 38, Malay 13, German 11, Philippinos 11, French 5, Span- ish 3, Austrian, Japanese and Persian 2 each, and five other nationalities 1 each.
Ir
The number of the Chinese births registered does not give an accurate record of the total number of births of Chinese that have occurred in the Colony, for many of the infants that die during the first month or so of life remain unregistered. although their deaths must be registered to obtain the necessary burial orders. has been customary, therefore, to add to the registered births the number of infants of one month old and under that die in the various Convents, or are found by the Police in the streets or in the harbour. The number during 1903 was 250 males and 276 females making a total of 530 and the addition of these figures to the registered Chinese births gives a total of 1,279 as compared with 1,569 during the previous year. The corrected birth-rate is, therefore, 4.7 per 1,000. while among the Chinese alone the rate becomes 4.2
per 1.000.
DEATHS.
The number of Deaths in the British and Foreign Community was 309, as compared with 352 in 1902. The number of deaths among the Chinese was 5,875 as compared with 6,431 in 1902. Four Europeans and 1,251 Chinese and other Asiatics died from plague.
The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rate per 1,000 during the last ten years:-
Estimated Population.
British and Foreign.
Chinese.
Totul.
1894..
10,782
235,224
246,006
1895,.
10,828
237,670
248,498
1896.
12,709
226,710
239,419
1897,....
13,700
235,010
248,710
1898,.
15,190
239,210
254,400
1899.
15,822
243,490
259,312
1900,
14,778
247,900
262,678
1901.
20,096
280,564
300,660
1902,..
18.524
293,300
311,824
1903,
18,581
307,050
325,631
Deaths.
1894,
.7,407
1895,
5,400
1896,
.5,860
1897,
4,688
1898,
.5,674
1899,
.6,181
1900,
.6,773
1901,
7,082
1902,
.6,783
1903,
6,185
Death-rate per 1,000.
British and Foreign..
Chinese.
Tutal.
1894.
23.28
30.42
30.11
1895,
17.64
21.92
21.73
1896,
19.91
24.75
24.48
1897,
14.89
19.08
18.85
1898.
19.15
22.50
22.30
7
1899,
15.23
24.40
23.84
1900....
20.44
26.10
25.78
1901,
20.50
23.77
28.55
1902,.
19.00
21.93
21.70
1003,.
16.16
19.19
18.19
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