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The birth rate for the Non-Chinese civil population was 22.6 per 1,000 as compared with 19.8 per 1,000 in 1924.
The birth rate for the Chinese population as calculated from the registered births was 4.25 per 1,000 as compared with 5.47 per 1,000 in 1924.
The following table shows the birth rate calculated from the registered births for the last ten years.
Year Non-Chinese Chinese 1916 20.05 5.8 1917 20.08 4.9 1918 22.07 3.6 1919 20.6 3.9 1920 19.78 3.96 1921 25.88 5.68 1922 22.84 6.25 1923 23.03 6.97 1924 19.8 5.47 1925 22.6 4.25Sex of the newly born.
For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children for the year 1925 was 93 males to 100 females.
For the Chinese community the ratio was 186 males to 100 females.
Registration of births is largely evaded by the Chinese and more so in regard to female than male children.
The nationality of the Non-Chinese parents was as follows:- British 154, Portuguese 83, Indian 70, American 15, Filipino 10, Spanish 7, Malay and Dutch 5 each, Parsee, Australian, Eurasian and German 3 each, Danish and Annamite 2 each, Chilian, Arabian, Finnish, Jamaican, French, Italian, Canadian and Norwegian 1 each.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during the year 1925 was 14,991 (15,553 in 1924).
The general civil death rate was 19.05 per 1,000 (21.75 in 1924).
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The birth rate for the Non-Chinese civil population was 22.6 per 1,000 as compared with 19.8 per 1,000 in 1924.
The birth rate for the Chinese population as calculated from the registered births was 4.25 per 1,000 as compared with 5.47 per 1,000 in 1924.
The following table shows the birth rate calculated from the registered births for the last ten years.
1916.....
1917.
1918.
1919.
1920..
1921.
1922.
1923..
1924... 1925..
Year.
Non-Chinese.
Chinese.
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
19.8
5.47
22.6
4.25
Sex of the newly born.
For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children for the year 1925 was 93 males to 100 females.
For the Chinese community the ratio was 186 males to 100 females.
Registration of births is largely evaded by the Chinese and more so in regard to female than male children.
The nationality of the Non-Chinese parents was as follows:- British 154, Portuguese 83, Indian 70, American 15, Filipino 10, Spanish 7, Malay and Dutch 5 each, Parsee, Australian, Eurasian and German 3 each, Danish and Annamite 2 each, Chilian, Arabian, Fin- nish, Jamaican, French, Italian, Canadian and Nor- wegian 1 each.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during the year 1925 was 14,991 (15,553 in 1924).
The general civil death rate was 19.05 per 1,000 (21.75 in 1924).
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