AnnualReport-1930

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BIRTHS.

The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:

Chinese Non-Chinese

10,756 378

Total

11,134

DEATHS.

The deaths registered among the civilian population were 16,268 giving a crude death rate of 15.14 as compared with 16.77 for the previous year: —-

Death rate per mille

Year.

Deaths.

population.

1929

Chinese

17,346

16.95

Non-Chinese

219

12.06

1930

Chinese

16,082

15.23

Non-Chinese

186

9.78

The following Table gives the deaths from the principal diseases causing deaths :-

Non-notifiable diseases.

No. of Percentage Death rate Deaths. of total per mille deaths. population. 1930. 1929. Broncho-pneumonia 2,006 12.33 1.86 2.07 Pulmonary tuberculosis 1,994 12.25 1.85 2.06 Bronchitis 1,515 9.31 1.41 1.32 Pneumonia 824 5.06 0.76 0.90 Diarrhoea (infantile) 1,466 9.01 1.36 1.19 Diarrhoea 653 4.01 0.60 0.37 Dysentery 209 1.28 0.19 0.18 Beri-Beri 635 3.90 0.59 0.54 Malaria 515 3.16 0.47 0.40 Heart disease and heart failure 433 2.66 0.40 0.42

Notifiable diseases.

No. of Percentage Death rate Deaths. of total per mille deaths. population. 1930. 1929. Small-pox 249 1.38 0.23 0.81 Enteric 79 0.48 0.07 0.05 Diphtheria 41 0.25 0.03 0.06 Cerebro-spinal fever 13 0.03 0.01 0.01 Plague 0 0.00 0.000 0.001