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Infantile Mortality.--The number of deaths of infants under one year were Chinese 6,180, non-Chinese 28. If the figure for births notified represented the total births in the Colony the infantile mortality figure would be 557.5. This figure is certainly too great but there can be no doubt that the true rate is a high one.
Death Clock showing percentages of total deaths caused by different diseases :-
| Disease | Percentage | |----------------------------------|------------| | BERI BERI | 5.2% | | MALARIA | 3.9% | | INFANTILE DIARRHOEA | 9.01% | | DYSENTERY | 3.16% | | HEART | 0% | | TUBERCULOSIS NON-PULMONARY | 2.66% | | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | 12.25% | | PNEUMONIA | 30.30% | | SMALL POX | 1.53% | | BRONCHO PNEUMONIA | 5.06% | | BRONCHITIS | 1.28% | | OTHER DISEASES | 12.33% |
Non-Chinese Population.
The number of non-Chinese civilians resident in the Colony is estimated at 19,000. This number includes Europeans, Japanese, Indians and Eurasians.
The majority of Europeans are treated by private practitioners during illness and figures are not available for calculating incidence rates.
The number of non-Chinese deaths recorded was 186 giving a death rate of 9.79 per mille.
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