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The following table shows the birth rates (calculation from the registered births) for the last ten years.
Year Chinese Non-Chinese 1915 ... 13.2 1916 5.7 20.05 1917 5.8 20.08 1918 4.9 22.07 1919 3.6 20.6 1920 3.9 19.78 1921 3.96 25.88 1922 5.68 22.84 1923 6.25 23.03 1924 6.97 18.25Sex of newly born.
For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children was 112 to 100.
For the Chinese community the ratio was 198 males to 100 females.
The Chinese are careless of the registration of births and the great disproportion between male and female birth registered indicates that there is less care for the registration of females than for male births.
The nationality of the civilian Non-Chinese parents was as follows: --
British 128, Portuguese 88, Indian 51, American 10, Filipino 10, Malay 9, Spanish 3, Dutch 3, Japanese 2, Italian 2, French 4, Danish 1, Jewish 1, Eurasian 2, Norwegian 1, Swiss 1, Greek 1.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during 1924 was 15,553 (15,536 in 1923).
The general civil death rate was 21.75 per 1,000 (25.98 in 1923). The Chinese deaths numbered 15,301 (15,289 in 1923).
The Chinese death rate was 21.9 per 1,000 (26.27 in 1923).
The Non-Chinese deaths numbered 252 (247 in 1923) including 11 from the Navy and Army.
The death rate for the Non-Chinese civil community was 15.06 per 1,000 (14.83 in 1923).
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The following table shows the birth rates (calculation from the registered births) for the last ten years.
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
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1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
Year.
::
Non-Chinese.
Chinese.
13.2
5.7
...
20.05
5.8
20.08
4.9
22.07
3.6
20.6
3.9
19.78
3.96
25.88
5.68
22.84
6.25
23.03
6.97
18.25
5.47
Ser of newly born.
For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children was 112 to 100.
For the Chinese community the ratio was 198 males to 100 females.
The Chinese are careless of the registration of births and the great disproportion between male and female birth registered indicates that there is less care for the registration of females than for male births.
The nationality of the civilian Non-chinese parents was as follows: --
British 128, Portugese 88, Indian 51, American 10, Filipino 10, Malay 9, Spanish 3, Dutch 3, Japanese 2, Italian 2, French 4, Danish 1, Jewish 1, Eurasian 2, Norwegian 1, Swiss 1, Greek 1.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during 1924 was 15,553 (15,536 in 1923).
The general civil death rate was 21.75 per 1,000 (25.98 in 1923). The Chinese deaths numbered 15,301 (15,289 in 1923).
The Chinese death rate was 21.9 per 1,000 (26.27 in 1923).
The Non-Chinese deaths numbered 252 (247 in 1923) includ-
ing 11 from the Navy and Army.
The death rate for the Non Chinese civil community was 15.06 per 1,000 (14.83 in 1923).
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