44. The following table sets out the figures of infant and neo-natal deaths in detail:
47. Details of the principal causes of mortality are set out in the following table;
TABLE 1
TABLE 4
Age Period
السلام
1955
1956
1937
Causes of Death
0-1 day
199
224
212
227
Number of Deatha 1954 1955 1956
1957
1-7 days
803
989
1109-1
1.101
Pneumonia (all forms)
3,837
3,821 3,548
3,836
-4 weeks
1.048
982
1,039
1,007
Tuberculosis of respiratory system
2,052
1,925
1,901
2,069
4 werks-3 months
1,179
1,148
961
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Tuberculosis (other forms)
824
885
728
606
Gastro-enteritis and colitis
2,690
3-6 months
IIEZ
1,120
TE
893
4 months
991
957
SHOW
763
Malignant neoplasms
2,264 2,361 1,000 1.190 1,262
1,714
1,380
Premature births
921
912
982
949
9-12 months
6916
691
744
576
Total under 1 year
6,028
6.012
5,895
5,436
Infant Mortality rate
72-4
66-4
60-9
55-6
No. of deaths under 4 weeks Neo-natal Mortality rate
2.050
1,095
24-4
23-1
2,342
24-2
2,330
23-6
45. There has been a slight rise in the maternal mortality rate from 0-90 per thousand deliveries in 1956 to 1-06 per thousand deliveries in 1957. The following table sets out the maternal mortality figures for the years 1954 - 1957 in detail:
Pregnancy and
Child beare
Rate per No. of dedic
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TABLE 2
ALİANZON
Total Live
You
Live Sou Birth Bitche
and Sin
A
No, ni dashia
Bare Ber
Jelasheurmuot Mortality Rate
Rate Pr No. of
1,000 decks
Bierks
1954
1955
33.317
LYS6
1957
1.341 84,658
1,250 41.761
96.746
90.73-
97.834 1,245 99.07
102
1·20
1
105
1-24
1대에
1-13
1
0-03
100
1-16
#6 0.0$
101 1-01
1
0.02
BE
0-90
103
1:06
10-0
46. The following table shows deaths from toxaemias of pregnancy during the years 1954 - 1957:
Total births (including
Death rate per thousand
TABLE 3
Deaths from
Year
Toxdemins of
Pregnancy
still births)
1954
38
84.658
0-4
1955
48
91,761
0-5
1956
36
97,734
0-4
1957
32
99,079
0.3
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Urban AreaS
III. WORK OF THE HEALTH DIVISION
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
48. The need for improved environmental sanitation in the urban arcas of Hong Kong and Kowloon continues to increase and such work requires constant reinforcements of supervisory staff in order to main- tain even minimum standards. During the year the bealth staff was strengthened by the addition of a Health Officer (Administration) with offices in the Urban Services Department and by an additional Health Officer in the Hong Kong urban area which was thus divided into Eastern and Western Districts.
49. As previously, the duties of the Health Officers were mainly concerned with the public health aspect of environmental sanitation, food hygiene, infectious disease control and the guidance of the Health Inspectorate in carrying out their day-to-day functions.
50. Improvements were made in the system of house inspection by District Health Inspectors; teams of four or five inspectors now together visit a group or block of domestic premises. The occupants of which receive prior notice by card of the date of inspection. This has resulted in a more uniform assessment of sanitary defects.
$1. A new form of inspection record card was introduced for licensed food premises; these record cards are kept in cach restaurant and café and provide a continuous survey of the sanitary condition of the premises as well as ensuring their regular inspection.
52. A high proportion of milk and ice cream samples taken for examination continued to show unsatisfactory bacteriological results. Some 25% of milk samples and 20% of ice cream samples were below
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