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Among the Chinese population the known deaths of infants numbered 2,260, while only 1,202 Chinese births were registered. Taking the corrected birth figure to be 2,588 (as explained on page 8) this gives an infant mortality of 873 per thousand. The Census return for 1906 showed 1,329 Chinese infants under one year of age, and 14,980 Chinese children between the ages of one year and five years; it is very evident therefore that the majority of these children are not born in the Colony but are brought here from the mainland of China.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths from these diseases for the year was 2,564 of which 50 were among the Non-Chinese community leaving 2,514 among the Chinese population; 823 out of this total occurred in infants under one year of age.
Phthisis alone accounts for 773 deaths of which 751 were Chinese. Pneumonia caused 1,156 deaths of which 1,136 were Chinese; many of these bodies were examined in the Public Mortuaries, and were not deaths from Pneumonic Plague. 563 of these deaths from Pneumonia occurred in infants under one year of age.
The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory Diseases was 7.8 per 1,000 as compared with 7.8 per 1,000 in the previous year and 5.8 per 1,000 in 1907; that for Phthisis alone was 2.3 per 1,000 as compared with 2.3 per 1,000 in 1908.
The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 10.7 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community, as compared with 9.8 in 1906—a sure indication that deaths from tubercular disease are proportionately on the increase, although the total mortality is less.
Nervous Diseases.
The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1909 was 494 as compared with 419 in 1908 and 522 in 1907. Of these 376 were of Chinese children under 5 years of age, 273 being infants less than one year old. These deaths of Chinese infants comprise 212 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions, 60 deaths from Meningitis and one from Hydrocephalus. The figures compare favourably with those of previous years, though they are not so satisfactory as the figures for 1908, the past year having been, as already stated, somewhat unfavourable to infant life—both native and European. The influence of the Public Dispensaries and of the Public Midwives is however being gradually felt, and it is to be hoped that these figures will show further large reductions within the next few years.
Malarial Fever.
The total number of deaths from Malarial Fever during the year was 422 (as compared with 499 in 1908 and 579 in 1907), of
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Among the Chinese population the known deaths of infants. numbered 2,260, while only 1,202 Chinese births were registered. Taking the corrected birth figure to be 2,588 (as explained on page 8) this gives an infant mortality of 873 per thousand. Tho Census return for 1906 showed 1,329 Chinese infants under one year of age, and 14,980 Chinese children between the ages of one year and five years; it is very evident therefore that the majority of these children are not born in the Colony but are brought here from the mainland of China.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
year
The total number of deaths from these diseases for the was 2,564 of which 50 were among the Non-Chinese community leaving 2,514 among the Chinese population; 823. out of this total occurred in infants under one year of age.
Phthisis alone accounts for 773 deaths of which 751 were Chinese. Pneumonia caused 1,156 deaths of which' 1,136 were Chinese; many of these bodies were examined in the Public Mortuaries, and were not deaths from Pneumonic Plague. 563 of these deaths from Pneumonia occurred in infants under one year of age.
The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory Diseases was 7.8 per 1,000 as compared with 7.8 per 1,000 in the previous year and 5-8 per 1,000 in 1907; that for Phthisis alone was 2·3 per 1,000 as compared with 2.3 per 1,000 in 1908.
The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 10.7 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community, as compared with 9.8 in 1906--a sure indication that deaths from tubercular disease are proportionately on the increase, although the total mortality is less.
Nervous Diseases.
The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1909 was 494 as compared with 419 in 1908 and 522 in 1907. Of these 376 were of Chinese children under 5 years of age, 273 being in- fants less than one year old. These deaths of Chinese infants com- prise 212 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions, 60 deaths from Meningitis and one from Hydrocephalus. The figures com- pare favourably with those of previous years, though they are not so satisfactory as the figures for 1908, the past year having been, as already stated, somewhat unfavourable to infant life-both native and European. The influence of the Public Dispensaries and of the Public Midwives is however being gradually felt, and it is to be hoped that these figures will show further large reductions within the next few years.
Malarial Fever.
The total number of deaths from Malarial Fever during the year was 422 (as compared with 499 in 1908 and 579 in 1907), of
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