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Table I-DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING 1917.
Civil, Victoria and Peak, Harbour, Chinese Kowloon, Shaukiwan,. Aberdeen, Stanley,......... Total, 1917, " 1916, Small-pox. 6 345 33 156 9 549 7 Measles. 5 3 13 ++ 2 ++ 7 116 Enteric Fever. : 64 3 4 : : 71 51 Diphtheria. 1 25 : : 26 41 Cholera. 3 + 21 3223 3 : 3250 146 Dysentery. 30 75 3 33 24 14 1 180 61 Plague. 10 28 85 : 1 124 . Malaria. 5 185 4 4 4 87 I 290 190 Puerperal Fever. 7 4 3 3 17 35 Septic Infections. 3 34 93 15 145 416 Syphilis. 12 8117 17 17 7 30 22 83210 21 Poisoning. 1 824 118 118 * 23 943 142 Injuries. 5 44 15 99 6 17 29 32 6 253 336 Developmental Diseases. 83 ช N 3 86 53 Old Age. 223 559 12 41 27 862 184 General Tuberculosis. 18 154392 73 73 133 70127 19 10 155382 659 Beri-beri. 3 377 133 55 23 31 622 468 Cancer. 3 26 6 139 ... : 174 438 Paralysis and Convulsions. 1 119 3 12 * 135 654 Heart Diseases. LO 83 16 33 : : 132 57 Pneumonia. 601 1151 161 123 257186 42 6 ลง 158210 147 Phthisis & Pulmouary Tuberculosis. 1 476 123 1051 210 14 2 1 1878 136 Enteritis and Gastro- Enteritis. 189 474 | 26 9 1 12 711 1532 Cirrhosis of Liver. 26 11 1 38 854 Peritonitis. 19 58 20 97 775 Nephritis. 180 522 A 702 45 Other causes. 1122 103 : : 1225 34 Unknown. 106 2235 : : 2341 267 All causes. 6565 83 10 1918) 601 349 (10433 10306 39 378 17 82394 36 187 936| 458|561520| 48 |348 176 1577 984770| 30 30 220 1282 379 |10558