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The death rate for the Non-Chinese Civil Community was 14.83 per 1,000 (20.40 in 1922).
The nationality of the Civil Non-Chinese deaths was as follows:-
British 66, Indian 56, Portuguese 52, Japanese 28, Filipino 9, American and Malay 7 each, French, Eurasian, Spanish and German 3 each, Swiss, Jewish and Norwegian 2 each, Peruvian, Dutch, Italian and Australian 1 each.
Age Distribution of Deaths.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was 4,585 of which 4,556 were Chinese and 29 Non-Chinese.
Of these 1,137 Chinese and 13 Non-Chinese were under one month of age.
The ratio of infant deaths to the total deaths registered was 29.5 per cent (28.9 per cent in 1922). For Chinese deaths alone the ratio was 29.08 per cent, while for the Non-Chinese it was 11.7 per cent.
A true infantile mortality cannot be calculated owing to the Chinese custom of not registering births unless a child has lived for at least one month and often apparently not registering at any time.
The deaths of children between one and five years of age were 2,859 of which 24 were Non-Chinese and 2,835 Chinese.
The following Table shows the Death Rates for the last ten years.
Year Chinese Non-Chinese General 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 19.5 24.4 1919 23.3 21.9 23.2 1920 22.78 17.9 22.19 1921 20.29 18.08 20.27 1922 25.47 20.46 25.16 1923 26.27 14.83 25.98DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The number of deaths from these causes excluding pulmonary tuberculosis was 4,317 of which 35 were Non-Chinese.