21.
The deaths from Notifiable Infectious Diseases in order of in- cidence were as follows:-
Disease
Chinese
Non- Chinese
Total
I.
Small Pox
303
1
304
(Typhoid
72
ลง
2
74
2.
[Paratyphoid
1
0
1
3. Diphtheria
26
1
27
4. Cerebro Spinal Fever
13
Co
3
16
5. Puerperal Fever
13
2
15
6. Plague
2
0
2
Totals
430
9
439
There was a serious epidemic of Smallpox in the last quarter of the year which is still in progress (March 1929); up to 31st December, 1928, there were 616 cases notified of which 304 or 50% have died.
The deaths from special Diseases and locally important causes were as follows:
Disease
Chinese
Non- Chinese
Totals
Malaria
Beri-beri
289
665
© 2
6
295 667 (2)
Respiratory Diseases :-
Tuberculosis (pulmonary)
and Phthisis
4,388
23
4,4111
Non-tubercular
4,103
32
4,135
(3)
Other forms of Tuberculosis
795
11
806
Venereal disease (Syphilis)
275
275
Dysentery
290
1
291
Heart disease & Heart failure...
269
11
280
Infante enteritis and Gastro-
enteritis (under 1 year)
391
5
396 (4)