AnnualReport-1928 — Page 23

21.

The deaths from Notifiable Infectious Diseases in order of in- cidence were as follows:-

Disease

Chinese

Non- Chinese

Total

I.

Small Pox

303

1

304

(Typhoid

72

ลง

2

74

2.

[Paratyphoid

1

0

1

3. Diphtheria

26

1

27

4. Cerebro Spinal Fever

13

Co

3

16

5. Puerperal Fever

13

2

15

6. Plague

2

0

2

Totals

430

9

439

There was a serious epidemic of Smallpox in the last quarter of the year which is still in progress (March 1929); up to 31st December, 1928, there were 616 cases notified of which 304 or 50% have died.

The deaths from special Diseases and locally important causes were as follows:

Disease

Chinese

Non- Chinese

Totals

Malaria

Beri-beri

289

665

© 2

6

295 667 (2)

Respiratory Diseases :-

Tuberculosis (pulmonary)

and Phthisis

4,388

23

4,4111

Non-tubercular

4,103

32

4,135

(3)

Other forms of Tuberculosis

795

11

806

Venereal disease (Syphilis)

275

275

Dysentery

290

1

291

Heart disease & Heart failure...

269

11

280

Infante enteritis and Gastro-

enteritis (under 1 year)

391

5

396 (4)