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DEATHS.
The deaths registered among the civilian population were 17,565 giving a crude death rate of 16.77 as compared with 15.06 for the previous year:-
Death rate per mille
Year.
Deaths.
population.
1928
Chinese
Non-Chinese
14,553
15.14
182
11.20
73
1929
Chinese
17,346
16.95
Non-Chinese
219
12.06
The following table gives the deaths from the principal diseases causing deaths: —
No.
Percen-
Death rate
Non-notifiable diseases.
of
tage of
per mille
deaths.
total
population.
deaths.
1929.
1928.
Broncho-pneumonia
2,175
12.4
2.07
1.68
Pulmonary tuberculosis
2,158
12.3
2.06
1.76
Bronchitis
1,389
7.9
1.32
1.52
Pneumonia
951
5.4
0.90
0.91
Diarrhoea (infantile)
1,245
7.1
1.19
0.40
Diarrhoea
393
2.2
0.37
0.82
Dysentery
189
1.0
0.18
0.30
Beri-beri
566
3.2
0.54
0.68
Malaria
420
2.3
0.40
0.30
Heart disease and heart failure.
440
2.5
0.42
0.29
Notifiable Diseases.
Smallpox
854
4.86
0.81
0.31
Enteric
61
0.34
0.05
0.07
Diphtheria
64
0.36
0.06
0.06
Cerebro-spinal fever
20
0.11
0.01
0.01
Plague
2
0.011
0.001
0.002
Infantile Mortality.-The number of deaths of infants under one year were Chinese 6,777, non-Chinese 29. If the figure for births notified represented the total births in the Colony the infantile mortality figure would be 662.9. This figure is certainly too great but there can be no doubt that the true rate is a high one,
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DEATHS.
The deaths registered among the civilan population were 17,565 giving a crude death rate of 16.77 as compared with 15.06 for the previous year:-
Death rate per mille
Year.
Deaths.
population.
1928
Chinese
Non-Chinese
14,553
15.14
182
11.20
73
1929
Chinese
17,346
16.95
Non-Chinese
219
12.06
The following table gives the deaths from the principal diseases causing deaths: —
No.
Percen-
Death rate
Non-notifiable disease8.
of
tage of
per mille
deaths. total
population.
deaths.
1929. 1928.
Broncho-pneumonia
2,175 12.4
2.07
1.68
Pulmonary tuberculosis Brouchtis
2,158 12.3 2.06
1.76
1,389
7.9
1.32
1.52
Pneumonia
951
5.4
0.90
0.91
Diarrhoea (infantile)
1,245
7.1
1.19
0.40
Diarrhoea
393
2.2
0.37
0.82
Dvsentery
189
1.0
0.18
0.30
Beri-beri
566
3.2
0.54
0.68
Malaria
420
2.3
0.40
0.30
Heart disease and heart failure.
440
2.5
0.42
0.29
Nolifiable Diseases.
Sinallpox
854
4.86
0.81 0.31
Enteric
61
0.34
0.05
0.07
Diphtheria
64
0.36 0.06
0.06
Cerebro-spinal fever Plague
20
0.11 0.01
0.01
2
0.011 0.001
0.002
Infantile Mortality.-The number of deaths of infants under one year were Chinese 6,777, non-Chinese 29. If the figure for births notified represented the total births in the Colony the infantile mortality figure would be 662.9. This figure is cer- tainly too great but there can be no doubt that the true rate is a high one,
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