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The preponderance of male over female registered births is very marked amongst the Chinese, there being 266 males to 100 females; in 1908 the proportion was 233 males to 100 females. With the addition of the 1,071 above-mentioned unregistered births the proportion becomes 133 males to 100 females.
In the Non-Chinese community the proportion of male births to female births for 1909 was 117 to 100, as compared with 108 to 100 in 1908 and 119 to 100 in 1907.
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 7,267 (9,271 in 1908). The death-rate was therefore 21.13 per 1,000 as against 27.55 in 1908. These deaths include 108 from Plague (986 in 1908).
The total number of deaths amongst the Chinese community was 7,012 which gives a death-rate of 21.68 per 1,000 as against 28.35 in 1908 and 22.52 in 1907.
The deaths registered amongst the Non-Chinese community numbered 255 of which 226 were from the Civil population, 26 from the Army and 3 from the Navy.
This gives a death-rate for the Non-Chinese community of 12.45 per 1,000 as compared with 14.78 in 1908 and 15.46 in 1907.
The nationalities of the deceased were as follows:- British 86, Portuguese 53, Indian 50, Japanese 29, Malay and Filipino 11, German 8, American 7, French 3, Spanish 2, Jewish 2, Swedish 2, Dutch and Greek 1 each.
The total number of deaths which occurred amongst the Non-Chinese resident civil population was 201 and allowing 1,500 for the Non-Chinese floating population this gives a death-rate of 16.08 per 1,000 for the resident Non-Chinese civil population.
Table I shows the number and causes of deaths registered during the year.