M 50
The Nationality of the Non-Chinese deaths was as follows:-
British 53, Indian 56, Portuguese 29, Japanese 8, Filipino 7, American 5, Malay 4, Dutch 3, Australian, French, Eurasian and Jewish 2 each, Norwegian, Swiss, Ceylonese, Italian, Peruvian and Annamite 1 each, also 1 European, nationality not stated.
AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.
The number of deaths of children under one year was 3,424 (4,711 in 1925) of which 3,409 were Chinese and 15 Non-Chinese.
Of these 829 Chinese and 12 Non-Chinese were under one month of age.
The ratio of deaths of infants to the total deaths registered was 27.3 per cent (31.4 in 1925).
For the Chinese deaths above the ratio was 27.5 per cent (31.7 in 1925), while for the Non-Chinese it was 8.3 per cent (15.6 in 1925).
The following table shows the death rates for the last ten years:--
Year Chinese Non-Chinese General 1917 23.00 14.00 23.40 1918 24.50 19.50 24.40 1919 23.30 21.90 23.20 1920 22.78 17.90 21.19 1921 20.29 18.08 20.27 1922 25.47 20.46 25.16 1923 26.27 14.83 25.98 1924 21.90 15.06 21.75 1925 19.12 14.60 19.05 1926 16.01 10.9 15.9INTERMEDIATE DEATH RATES.
A so-called weekly death rate is calculated for each period of seven days and a so-called quarterly death rate each period of thirteen weeks.
Tables are given below to show these death rates for the year 1926, but the period covered by them does not correspond exactly with the actual year for which the death rates (annual) are given in this report.