M 42
Beri-beri.
There were 526 deaths from this disease during the year.
The following table shows the numbers of deaths from this disease for the last ten years and the percentage of such deaths of the total deaths for each such year.
DEATHS FROM BERI-BERI, 1912 to 1921.
Year. No. of deaths. per cent of total deaths. 1912, 231 2.38 1913, 339 4.01 1914, 399 4.16 1915, 398 5.02 1916, 520 4.92 1917, 654 6.26 *1918, 804 6.09 1919, 555 4.76 1920, 361 2.90 1921, 526 4.42* Allowance made for 522 Chinese lives lost through conflagration.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS Diseases,
The following cases of these Diseases were notified during the year.
Disease. Chinese. Non-Chinese. Total. Plague 149 1 150 Small-pox 180 11 191 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 122 3 125 Enteric Fever 75 40 115 Paratyphoid Fever 39 40 79 Cholera 4 4 Diphtheria 48 37 85 Scarlet Fever 11 1 12 Puerperal Fever 8 8 Relapsing Fever 1 1 Typhus Fever 3 1 4 Yellow Fever 1 1 Total 625 138 763M 42
Beri-beri.
There were 526 deaths from this disease during the year.
The following table shows the numbers of deaths from this disease for the last ten years and the percentage of such deaths of the total deaths for each such year.
DEATHS FROM BERI-BERI, 1912 to 1921.
1912,
1913,
1914,
1915,
1916,
1917,
*1918,
1919,
1920,
1921,
Year.
No. of deaths.
per cent of total deaths.
231
2.38
339
4.01
399
4:16
398
5:02
520
4.92
654
6.26
804
6'09
555
4.76
361
2.90
526
4.42
* Allowance made for 522 Chinese lives last through conflagration.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS Diseases,
The following cases of these Diseases were notified during
the year.
Dis case.
Chinese. Non-Chinese. Total.
Plague
149
1
150
Small-pox
180
11
191
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
122
3
125
Enteric Fever
75
40
115
Paratyhoid Fever
39
40
79
Cholera
4
Diphtheria
48
37
Scarlet Fever
Puerperal Fever
8
Relapsing Fever Typhus Fever
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1
5
85
1
1
3
11
1
1
Yellow Fever
Total ..
625
138
763
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