AnnualReport-1934 — Page 389

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DEATHS.

77. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon and New Territories) was 19,766 giving a crude death rate of 20.93 as compared with 22.11 for the previous year (which included New Kowloon but did not include the New Territories).

Year Deaths Estimated population Death rate per mille population 1933 Chinese ...
Non-Chinese 17,923
233 800,921 22.38
11.39 1934 Chinese
Non-Chinese 19,516
250 923,584 21.13
11.96

78. The principal diseases causing deaths were:-

Disease. No. of deaths. Percent-age of total deaths. Death rate per mille population. 1933 1934 Broncho-pneumonia 3,020 15.78 3.60 3.20 Pulmonary tuberculosis... 2,179 11.02 2.71 2.31 Pneumonia 527 2.66 0.93 0.56 Bronchitis 1,923 9.73 1.98 2.04 Diarrhoea (infantile) 1,346 6.81 1.68 1.42 Diarrhoea (over one year). 870 4.40 1.02 0.92 Dysentery 189 0.96 0.23 0.20 Nephritis 638 3.23 0.72 0.67 Heart disease heart failure 669 3.38 0.73 0.71 Beri-beri 447 2.23 0.56 0.47 Malaria 365 1.85 0.50 0.39 Notifiable Diseases :- Smallpox. 104 0.53 0.53 0.11 Enteric 65 0.33 0.08 0.07 Diphtheria 83 0.42 0.10 0.09 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 125 0.63 0.14 0.13 Cholera Plague..