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The birth rate for the Non-Chinese civil population was 19.6 as compared with 19.21 in 1926.
The birth rate for the Chinese population as calculated from the registered births was 8.2 per 1,000 as compared with 4.18 per 1,000 in 1926. This is the highest Chinese birth rate ever recorded.
The following table shows the birth rate calculated from the registered birth for the last ten years.
Year Non-Chinese Chinese 1918 22.07 3.6 1919 20.6 3.9 1920 19.78 3.96 1921 25.88 5.68 1922 22.84 6.25 1923 23.03 6.97 1924 19.8 5.47 1925 22.6 4.25 1926 19.21 4.18 1927 19.6 8.2Sex of the newly born.
For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children for the year 1927 was 101 males to 100 females.
The nationality of the Non-Chinese parents was as follows.
British 142, Portuguese 65, Indian 60, American 13, Filipino 8, Malay 7, Eurasian, German, Japanese, Spanish and Annamite 3 each, Dutch and Panamanian 2 each, French, Canadian, Parsee, Danish, Siamese, Javanese and Ceylonese 1 each.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during the year 1927 was 14,761 (12,516 in 1926).
The general civil death rate was 16.5 per 1,000 (15.9 in 1926).
The Chinese deaths numbered 14,525 (12,336 in 1926).
The Chinese death rate was 16.6 per 1,000.
The Non-Chinese deaths numbered 236 including 18 from the Navy and Army.