266
—
The presumed causes of death in these cases were as follows:
Phthisis,
Old age. Bronchitis,
.106
131
Asthma, Premature birth,
13
do co
3
65
Apoplexy,
1
Beri-beri,
24
Dysentery,
1
Heart Disease,
Diarrhoea,
8
Convulsions,
11
Epilepsy,
1
Bright's Disease,
3
Hæmorrhage,
1
Dropsy,
5
Pneumonia,
14
Paralysis,
1
Malaria,
23
Debility,
30
Marasmus,
11
Child-birth,
5
1
Laryngitis,
Rheumatism,
Age Distribution of Deaths.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 1,541 or 23.3 per cent. of the total deaths.
The Infant Mortality amongst the Non-Chinese community during the year was 119 per 1,000 as compared with 76 per 1,000 in 1904.
Among the Chinese population the deaths of infants numbered 1,507, while only 988 Chinese births were registered. Taking the corrected birth figure to be 1,728 this gives an infant mortality of 872 per thousand.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths from these diseases for the year was 1,655 of which 70- were from the Non-Chinese community leaving 1,585 among the Chinese population.
Phthisis alone accounts for 725 deaths of which, 691 were Chinese. Pueumonia caused 501 deaths of which 478 were Chinese, and Bronchitis caused 546 deaths, 336 of which were Chinese.
The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory diseases was 44 per 1,000 and that for Phthisis alone was 1.9 per 1,000.
The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 10.9 per cent. of the total deaths amongst the community.
Nervous Diseases.
The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1905 is 716, of which 612 were of Chinese children under 5 years of age. Among these 612 deaths of children, 221 were from meningitis, 44 from convulsious and no less thau 343 were ascribed to tetanus, Again, of these deaths of Chinese children 460 were of infants under twelve months of age. 355 of which died from tetanus and infantile convulsions.
Malarial Fever.
The total number of deaths from malarial fever during the year was 287, of which 4 were Non-Chinese, 3 being from the civil population and 1 from the Troops.
In the City the districts in which there has been most 'malaria are Health Districts 1 and 9 with 23 and 14 deaths respectively. The number for the whole City being 98.
In the whole of Kowloon there were 94 deaths.
In Shaukiwan and Aberdeen there were respectively 49 and 29 deaths from malaria.
The following Table shews the number of deaths from malaria for the last six years:—
1900... 1901,
Chinese.
Non-Chinese.
526
29
541
33
1902.
393
32
1903,
283
18
1904,....
289
12
1905,..
283
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