submitted shortly.
They have not yet been received.
It is considered desirable not to hurry events too much
in Malaya but to allow Malaya to profit by the experience
which is at present being gained in Hong Kong.
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There is now velfare Socity of Spor corporatit under Ord
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Hong Kong
Infantile Mortality + lefant Welfare.
A true infantile mortality rate cannot be
calculated, owing to the habit of not registering
births among the Chinese. The constant flow of
Chinese between Hong Kong and China is also a diffi-
culty. The number of deaths of children under 1 year
of age in 1922 was 4,216, of which 1,082 were under
1 month old.
Straite Settlements.
The infantile mortality rate in 1922 is given
as 195.22 per mille.
Federated Malay Stat és.
The following is an extract from the Medical
Report for 1922.
"There were 5,963 deaths of children under
one year of age, giving an infantile mortality rate of
170.83 per 1,000 births as compared with a rate of 183
for 1921.
Infant Welfare Centres have been establish-
ed at Taiping, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur in connection
with the Town Dispensaries. The two former were start-
ed in the latter part of the year. That in Kuala
Lumpur was opened in April under the charge of a Lady
Medical Officer assisted by a European Nursing Sister
who had previous experience in Infant Welfare work
has proved very successful; the number attending in-
creasing month by month and up to the end of the year
there had been 4,076 attendances of women and children.
This clinic is now well established and it will soon
he necessary to find other accommodation as the Town
Dispensary