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 2,641 of which 38 were among the Non-Chinese community leaving 2,603 among the Chinese population. 892 out of this total occurred in infants under one year of age.
Phthisis alone accounts for 780 deaths of which 765 were Chinese. Pneumonia caused 1,165 deaths of which 1,153 were Chinese; many of these bodies were examined in the Public Mortuaries, and in no case was death attributable to Pneumonic Plague. 573 of these deaths from Pneumonia occurred in infants under one year of age.
The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory Diseases was 7.9 per 1,000 as compared with 7.8 per 1,000 in the two previous years; that for Phthisis alone was 2.3 per 1,000, the same as in the two previous years.
The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 10.3 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community, as compared with 10.7 in 1909.
Considerable efforts have been made during the past few years to put a stop to the inveterate habit of the lower class Chinese of spitting in public buildings and offices and on staircases, footpaths, wharves, etc. At the instance of the Government, an Anti-spitting League was formed by leading Chinese, which has been active in its endeavours to check this obnoxious practice. Notices have been posted in many public buildings, as well as in tramcars, ferry-boats, and other public vehicles, while lectures have been given and leaflets distributed, calling attention to the dangers incident to this habit. It is hoped in this way, coupled with the improved sanitary condition of the native dwellings, to gradually reduce the death-rate from Phthisis. The fact that the soil in the lower levels (which are the most densely populated) is water-logged during the greater part of the year has no doubt much to do with the heavy mortality from this disease, but it is to be hoped that the influences of education will gradually effect a reduction in our Phthisis mortality, which at present stands at nearly double that of England and Wales, which in the decennium 1891-1900 was only 1.3 per 1,000.
Nervous Diseases.
The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1910 was 576 as compared with 494 in 1909 and 419 in 1908. Of these, 455 were of Chinese children under 5 years of age, 343 being infants less than one year old. These deaths of Chinese infants comprise 257 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions, 85 deaths
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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 2,641 of which 38 were among the Non-Chinese community leaving 2,603 among the Chinese population 892 out of this total occurred in infants under one year of age.
Phthisis alone accounts for 780 deaths of which 765 were Chinese. Pneumonia caused 1,165 deaths of which 1,153 were Chinese; many of these bodies were examined in the Public Mortuaries, and in no case was death attributable to Pneumonic Plague. 573 of these deaths from Pneumonia occurred in infants under one year of age.
The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory Diseases was 7 9 per 1,000 as compared with 7 8 per 1,000 in the two previous years; that for Phthisis alone was 23 per 1,000 the same as in the two previous years.
The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 103 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community, as compared with 10.7 in 1909.
Considerable efforts have been made during the past few years to put a stop to the inveterate habit of the lower class Chinese of spitting in public buildings and offices and on staircases, footpaths, wharves, etc. At the instance of the Government an Anti-spitting League was formed by leading Chinese which has been active in its endeavours to check this obnoxious practice. Notices have been posted in many public buildings, as well as in tramcars, ferry- boats, and other public vehicles, while lectures have been given and leaflets distributed, calling attention to the dangers incident to this habit. It is hoped in this way, coupled with the improved sanitary condition of the native dwellings, to gradually reduce the death-rate from Phthisis. The fact that the soil in the lower levels (which are the most densely populated) is water-logged during the greater part of the year has no doubt much to do with the heavy mortality from this disease, but it is to be hoped that the influences of education will gradually effect a reduction in our Phthisis morta- lity which at present stands at nearly double that of England and Wales, which in the decennium 1891-1900 was only 13 per 1,000.
Nervous Diseases.
The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1910 was 576 as compared with 494 in 1909 and 419 in 1908. Of these 455 were of Chinese children under 5 years of age, 343 being in- fants less than one year old. These deaths of Chinese infants com- prise 257 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions, 85 deaths
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