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The death-rate for the year was 25.88 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20.46 among the non-Chinese civil community, as compared with 20.29 and 18.08 for 1921.
The number of deaths from Malaria were 454 (332 in 1921). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 116 out of a population of 360,000 or a rate of 0.34 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 1,071 as compared with 130 in 1921.
Small-pox deaths numbered 189, all but three were Chinese.
There were 4,863 deaths from respiratory diseases other than Pulmonary Tuberculosis as compared with 3,834 in 1921, and 94 of these were among the Non-Chinese community. Pulmonary Tuberculosis claimed 1,385 Chinese and 25 non-Chinese victims whilst other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 686 deaths making a total of 2,096 or 14.38 per cent. of the total deaths among the community.
Beri-beri was responsible for 829 deaths, as compared with 526 during 1921 and 361 in 1919. During the past few years circulars have been distributed to all large employers of coolie labour calling their attention to the fact that Beri-beri is produced by the consumption of white rice as the staple article of diet without a sufficiency of other foods, and advising that beans should be supplied with the rice, when fresh meat or fresh fish cannot be afforded.
A tabular statement of the principal causes of death is appended.
(c.) CLIMATE.
The climate of Victoria is similar in its broad features to that of Kowloon and the New Territories, but at the higher levels, from 1,400 to 1,800 feet above sea level the temperature is on the average about 3° lower than at the Observatory, Kowloon, in the winter, and 8° lower in the summer. The humidity is usually greater than in Kowloon and approaches saturation for several days at a time during March and April when mist is very prevalent. In summer the city of Victoria, and the rising terraces behind it, derive little or no benefit from the SW monsoon, being sheltered by steep hills from SE to SW. In winter it is exposed to the NE monsoon, which occasionally blows along the harbour through Lyemun Pass with considerable violence. On the other hand the south-west side of the Island is protected from the NE monsoon in winter and enjoys the benefit of the SW monsoon in summer.
For further particulars see Appendix F.
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The death-rate for the year was 25 88 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 20-46 among the non-Chinese civil com- munity, as compared with 20:29 and 18:08 for 1921.
The number of deaths from Malaria were 454 (332 in 1921). The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 116 out of a population of 360,000 or a rate of 0.34 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths from Plague numbered 1,071 as compared with 130 in 1921.
Small-pox deaths numbered 189, all but three were Chinese.
There were 4,863 deaths from respiratory diseases other than Pulmonary Tuberculosis as compared with 3,834 in 1921, and 94 of these were among the Non-Chinese community. Pulmonary Tuber- culosis claimed 1,385 Chinese and 25 non-Chinese victims whilst other forms of Tuberculosis represent an additional 686 deaths making a total of 2,096 or 14:38 per cent. of the total deaths among the community.
Beri-beri was responsible for 829 deaths, as compared with 526 during 1921 and 361 in 1919. During the past few years circulars have been distributed to all large employers of coolie labour calling their attention to the fact that Beri-beri is produced by the consumption of white rice as the staple article of diet with- out a sufficiency of other foods, and advising that beans should be supplied with the rice, when fresh meat or fresh fish cannot be afforded.
A tabular statement of the principal causes of death is appended.
(c.) CLIMATE.
The climate of Victoria is similar in its broad features to that of Kowloon and the New Territories, but at the higher levels, from 1,400 to 1,800 feet above sea level the temperature is on the average about 3° lower than at the Observatory, Kowloon, in the winter, and 8° lower in the summer. The humidity is usually greater than in Kowloon and approaches saturation for several days at a time during March and April when mist is very prevalent: In summer the city of Victoria, and the rising terraces behind it, derive little or no benefit from the SW monsoon, being sheltered by steep hills from SE to SW. In winter it is exposed to the NE monsoon, which occasionally blows along the harbour through Lyemun Pass with considerable violence. On the other hand the south-west side of the Island is protected from the NE monsoon in winter and enjoys the benefit of the SW monsoon in summer.
For further particulars see Appendix F.
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