# M 31
BIRTHS.
75. The following table shows the number of births registered during the last five years:—
1932. 1933. 1934.* 1935.* 1936.* Chinese 13,166 14,909 20,424 24,510 26,853 Non-Chinese 431 453 462 527 530 Total 13,597 15,362 20,886 25,037 27,383Include those from New Territories.
DEATHS.
76. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon and New Territories) was 26,356 (including 976 stillbirths) giving a crude death rate of 26.60 as compared with 22.90 for the previous year.
Year Estimated population Deaths Death rate per mille population 1935 Chinese 944,971 21,913 23.19 Non-Chinese 21,370 220 10.25 1936 Chinese 966,358 26,120 27.0 Non-Chinese 21,832 236 10.877. The principal diseases causing deaths were: —
Disease. No. of deaths. Percentage of total deaths. Death rate per mille population. 1935 1936 Broncho-pneumonia 4,493 4.83 4.54 Pulmonary tuberculosis... 2,416 2.31 2.44 Pneumonia 851 0.48 0.86 Bronchitis 2,712 2.28 2.74 Diarrhoea (infantile) 2,381 1.31 2.40 Diarrhoea (over one year). 1,628 1.21 1.64 Dysentery 302 0.24 0.30 Nephritis 973 0.68 0.98 Heart disease heart failure 800 0.77 0.80 Beri-beri 745 0.58 0.75 Malaria 503 0.41 0.50 Notifiable Diseases :- Smallpox 16 0.04 0.01 Enteric 136 0.13 0.14 Diphtheria 214 0.21 0.24 Cerebro-spinal meningitis. 0.05 0.06 Cholera Plagueཨྰཿཙྪྲ8།།