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48 Death Clock showing percentages of total deaths caused by different diseases :-
2% 4.5% 5.5%
(Non-pulmonary) TUBERCULOSIS BERI-BERI MALARIA
INFANTILE DIARRHOEA DIARRHOEA
2% 5.5% 2.8%
DYSENTERY OTHER DISEASES
30%
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS 22.3%
PNEUMONIA BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA BRONCHITIS
11.2% 6% 8.2%
49. General European Population. The number of European Civilians resident in the Colony is estimated at 9,000. This number includes Americans, Canadians, Australians and others of pure European descent.
50. As the majority of European Civilians, both Officials and non-Officials, are treated by Private Practitioners when they fall ill and as only infectious diseases are notifiable, there are no figures available for calculating the incidence rates of different diseases among them. The number of deaths recorded was 103 giving a death rate of 11.44 per mille.
51. European Officials.--The European Civilian Officials number altogether 655; allowing a 20% leave margin the average number resident in the Colony is 524,
52. Most of the Officers when sick are treated by Private Practitioners; sickness Statistics are not available.
There were 13 cases of invaliding.
There were 5 deaths.