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# DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during the year was 13,714 (10,433 in 1917) and (10,558 in 1916). This includes 578 persons known to have perished at the Race Course disaster. The general death rate was 24.4 per 1,000 (as against 23.4 in 1917 and 24.0 in 1918).
The number of deaths amongst the Chinese was 13,450 which gives a death rate of 24.5 per 1,000 as against 23.7 in 1917 and 24.6 in 1916.
The deaths registered in the non-Chinese civil community numbered 264 giving a death rate of 19.5 per 1,000 (14.00 in 1917 and 15.08 in 1916). The nationalities of the deceased were as follows: British 54, Portuguese 48, Annamite 2, Indian 52, Japanese 41, Malay 11, French 3, American 3, Filipinos 40, Italian, Eurasian, Dutch, Swiss, and Spanish, one each.
The death rate for Europeans and those of European origin is 13.0 per 1,000 (7.7 in 1917); 11.8 per 1,000 for Indians (5.9 in 1917); and 21.5 per 1,000 for races classed as mixed or coloured (16.9 in 1917).
The exclusion of the Army and Navy from these statistics increases both the birth and death rates for Europeans and Indians.
## AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 4,259 being 30.7 per cent of the total number of deaths as compared with 34.4 in 1917. The number of deaths of children between one and five years of age was 2,023.
There were 40 infant deaths among the non-Chinese.
Among the Chinese population the deaths of infants numbered 4,219 (3,564 in 1917) while only 2,023 Chinese births were registered, or taking the corrected number of births among the Chinese to be 3,117 as explained above, it is still found that there were more deaths than births. It is obvious, therefore, that many infants must be brought in from China, or the births in Hongkong concealed.
## DISEASES.
### Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of this nature was 2,981 (2,248 in 1917) of which 46 were among the non-Chinese community. Of these 1,380 occurred in infants under one year of age. Pneumonia was the cause of 654 deaths, 27 of which were non-Chinese and 91 of which occurred in infants under one year.
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during the year was 13,714 (10,433 in 1917) and (10,558 in 1916). This includes 578 persons known to have perished at the Race Course disaster. The general death rate was 24.4 per 1,000 (as against 23.4 in 1917 and 24.0 in 1918.
The number of deaths amongst the Chinese was 13,450 which gives a death rate of 24.5 per 1,000 as against 23-7 in 1917 and 24.6 in 1916, ·
The deaths registered in the non-Chinese civil community numbered 264 giving a death rate of 19.5 per 1,000 (14:00 in 1917 and 15.08 in 1916). The nationalities of the deceased were as follows: British 54, Portuguese 48, Annamite 2, Indian 52, Japanese 41, Malay 11, French 3, American 3, Filipinos 40, Italian, Eurasian, Dutch, Swiss, and Spanish, one each.
The death rate for Europeans and those of European origin is 13′0 per 1,000 (7·7 in 1917); 11.8 per 1,000 for Indians (5.9 in 1917); and 21.5 per 1,000 for races classed as mixed or coloured (16-9 in 1917).
The exclusion of the Army and Navy from these statistics increases both the birth and death rates for Europeans and Indians.
AGE DISTRibution of DEATHS.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 4,259 being 307 per cent of the total number of deaths as compared with 344 in 1917. The number of deaths of children between one and five years of age was 2,023.
There were 40 infant deaths among the non-Chinese.
Among the Chinese population the deaths of infants numbered 4,219 (3,564 in 1917) while only 2,023 Chinese births were registered, or taking the corrected number of births among the Chinese to be 3,117 as explained above, it is still found that there were more deaths than births. It is obvious, therefore, that many infants must be brought in from China, or the births in Hongkong concealed.
DISEASES.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of this nature was 2,981 (2,248 in 1917) of which 46 were among the non-Chinese community. Of these 1,380 occurred in infants under one year of age. Pneumonia was the cause of 654 deaths, 27 of which were non-Chinese and 91 of which occurred in infauts under one year.
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