AnnualReport-1935 — Page 403

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BIRTHS.

73. The following table shows the number of births registered during the last five years:-

Year Chinese Non-Chinese Total 1931 12,055 388 12,443 1932 13,166 431 13,597 1933 14,909 453 15,362 1934* 20,424 462 20,886 1935* 24,510 527 25,037

*Includes those from New Territories.

DEATHS.

74. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon and New Territories) was 22,133 giving a crude death rate of 22.90 as compared with 20.98 for the previous year.

Year Population Deaths Death rate per mille population 1934 Chinese: 923,584; Non-Chinese: 20,908 Chinese: 19,516; Non-Chinese: 250 Chinese: 21.13; Non-Chinese: 11.96 1935 Chinese: 944,971; Non-Chinese: 21,370 Chinese: 21,913; Non-Chinese: 220 Chinese: 23.19; Non-Chinese: 10.25

75. The principal diseases causing deaths were:-

Disease No. of deaths Percentage of total deaths Death rate per mille population 1934 1935 Broncho-pneumonia 4,190 18.93 3.20; 4.33 Pulmonary tuberculosis 2,237 10.10 2.31; 2.31 Pneumonia 469 2.11 0.56; 0.48 Bronchitis 2,208 9.97 2.04; 2.28 Diarrhoea (infantile) 1,272 5.74 1.42; 1.31 Diarrhoea (over one year) 1,172 5.29 0.92; 1.21 Dysentery 236 1.06 0.20; 0.24 Nephritis 665 3.00 0.67; 0.68 Heart disease heart failure 746 3.37 0.71; 0.77 Beri-beri 563 2.54 0.47; 0.58 Malaria 400 1.80 0.39; 0.41 Notifiable Diseases: Smallpox 44 0.19 0.11; 0.04 Enteric 95 0.42 0.07; 0.09 Diphtheria 136 0.61 0.09; 0.14 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 54 0.24 0.13; 0.05 Cholera Plague