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Vital Statistics of General European Population.
135. The Europeans and Americans resident in the Colony were 7,000 of which 6,625 were British. The majority of Europeans and Americans are treated by private practitioners when ill and figures are not available for calculating incidence rates.
136. There were 84 deaths among the 7,000 giving a death rate of 12 per mille.
137. Vital Statistics of European Officials.
Number of European Officials (excluding temporary school mistresses)
: 877
Average number on leave : 155
Average number resident in the Colony : 722
Number invalided during 1931:
(a) when on leave at home : 1
(b) in the Colony : 11
Total: 12
Number died during 1931:
(a) when on leave at home : 1
(b) in the Colony : 6
Total: 7
SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
138. The Sanitary Department which is distinct from the Medical Department and over which the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has no control deals with the greater part of the sanitation of the Colony. The head of the department is a Cadet Officer whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department.
139. The staff under his administrative supervision includes:
(i) Two European and one Chinese Health Officers seconded from the Medical Department.
(ii) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(iii) Fifty-six European Sanitary Inspectors.
M 39
Vital Statistics of General European Population.
135. The Europeans and Americans resident in the Colony were 7,000 of which 6,625 were British. The majority of Eu- ropeans and Americans are treated by private practitioners when ill and figures are not available for calculating incidence rates.
136. These were 84 deaths among the 7,000 giving a death rate of 12 per mille.
137. Vital Statistics of European Officials.
Number of European Officials (excluding temporary school
mistresses)
:
Average number on leave
Average number resident in the Colony
Number invalided during 1931:-
877
155
827
(a) when on leave at home
1
(b) in the Colony
11
Total:-
12
Number died during 1931:-
(a) when on leave at home (b) in the Colony
1
6
Total:-
7
SECTION III.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION.
138. The Sanitary Department which is distinct from the Medical Department and over which the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has no control deals with the greater part of the sanitation of the Colony. The head of the department is a Cadet Officer whose title is Head of the Sanitary Department.
139. The staff under his administrative supervision
includes:-
(i) Two European and one Chinese Health Officers
seconded from the Medical Department.
(ii) Two Veterinary Surgeons.
(iii) Fifty-six European Sanitary Inspectors.
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