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The following table shows the death rate for the last ten years.
DEATH RATE.
Year. Chinese. Non-Chinese. General. 1913 21.75 10.9 21.16 1914 23.88 12.99 23.34 1915 19.00 9.4 18.59 1916 24.60 15.08 24.00 1917 23.0 14.00 23.4 1918 24.5 19.50 24.4 1919 23.3 21.90 23.2 1920 22.78 17.90 21.19 1921 20.29 18.08 20.27 1922 25.47 20.46 25.16*For Civil population only since 1916.
A conflagration killed 522 Chinese in 1918.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The number of deaths from these causes other than pulmonary tuberculosis was 4,863 of which 93 were Non-Chinese.
Of these 2,396 occurred amongst children under one year of age.
The deaths ascribed to Lobar Pneumonia and Pneumonia (type not defined) were 642 and 602 respectively or a total of 1,244. Of this total 356 were of children under one year of age.
Broncho-pneumonia accounted for 1,833 deaths of which 17 were Non-Chinese. Of these 1,117 were infants under one year of age only 11 being Non-Chinese in this age group.
The total deaths amongst the Chinese from Respiratory diseases was 6,155 or 43.2 per cent of the total Chinese deaths giving a rate of 10.6 per 1,000 persons (8.82 in 1921 and 9.8 in 1920).
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis caused 1,385 Chinese and 25 Non-Chinese deaths.
Other forms of Tuberculosis caused 686 deaths 8 of which were Non-Chinese making a total of 2,096 deaths, a percentage of 14.38 of the total deaths registered.