AnnualReport-1939

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7. The following table provides a means of comparison with previous years :-

Table II.

Year. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. Males 13,496 15,064 17,559 19,183 24,801 Females 11,541 12,319 14,744 16,710 21,874 Persons 25,037 27,383 32,303 35,893 46,675

8. Still-births numbered 1,402 in 1939, as compared with 1,075 in 1938.

9. For purposes of comparison with the corresponding figures for the previous year, it is desirable to include a table giving the crude, uncorrected birth-rates based upon two methods of calculation. Firstly (A), the rate is calculated on a population estimated by extrapolation methods from the previous census—as in the table given above. Secondly (B), the rate is calculated by adding to (A) a figure of 200,000 to represent the surplus of immigrants over emigrants during the period 1st of July, 1937, to 30th of June, 1938, and a further figure of 500,000 for the corresponding surplus for the year 1st of July, 1938, to the 30th of June, 1939.

1938 1939 Method A. Method B. Method A. Method B. Method A. Method B. Method A. Method B. Population. Births. Rate. Population. Births. Rate. Population. Births. Rate. Population. Births. Rate. Whole population... 1,028,619 35,893 34.9 1,228,619 35,893 29.2 1,050,256 46,675 44.4 1,750,256 46,675 26.7 Chinese 1,005,523 35,335 35.1 1,205,523 35,335 29.3 1,026,645 46,109 44.9 1,726,645 46,109 26.7 Non-Chinese.. 23,096 558 24.2 23,096 558 24.2 23,611 566 24.0 23,611 566 24.0

3. Deaths and death-rates.

10. The number of deaths recorded in 1939 amounted to 48,283 (202 non-Chinese), an increase of 9,465 over the corresponding figure for 1938.

11. Table IV affords a means of comparison with previous years.

Table IV.

Year. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. Males 12,059 14,681 20,233 21,916 26,653 Females... 9,290 10,683 14,392 16,874 21,603 Sex unknown. 18 16 10 28 27 Persons* 21,367 25,380 34,635 38,818 48,283

Deaths among the Forces of the Crown are not included in this table.