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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during the year was 12,419 (11,647 in 1919 and 13,714 in 1918).
The general death rate was 21.19 per 1,000 as compared with 23.2 in 1919 and 24.4 in 1918.
The Chinese deaths numbered 12,151 which gives a death rate for Chinese of 22.78 per 1,000 as compared with 23.3 per 1,000 in 1919 and 24.5 per 1,000 in 1918.
The deaths of non-Chinese civilians numbered 251 giving a death rate of 17.9 per 1,000 (21.9 in 1919 and 19.5 in 1918).
The nationalities of the deceased were as follows:- British 61, Indian 55, Portuguese 52, Japanese 41, Filipino 10, Malay 7, American 5, Eurasian 4, Polish 3, French 3, Dutch and Norwegian 2 each, Czecko-Slovak, Siamese, Parsee, Swiss, Spanish, and Italian 1 each.
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 3,872 being 31.1 per cent. of the total number of deaths as compared with 29.8 per cent. in 1919.
The deaths of children between one and five years of age were 2,449 (1,807 in 1919).
There were 40 deaths of children under one year of age amongst the non-Chinese community (25 in 1919 and 40 in 1918).
Among the Chinese population the deaths of infants numbered 3,842 (3,449 in 1919 and 4,219 in 1918) while only 2,113 births were registered.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of this nature other than pulmonary tuberculosis was 3,834 (3,049 in 1919) of which 45 were among the non-Chinese population (74 in 1919). Of those 1,662 occurred in infants under one year of age.
Pneumonia was the cause of 554 deaths (549 in 1919) 14 of which were non-Chinese, and 104 of which occurred in infants under one year of age (133 in 1919).
Broncho-pneumonia caused 1,625 deaths (1,494 in 1919) 21 of which were non-Chinese, and 745 of which occurred in infants under one year (881 in 1919).