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17. The crude, uncorrected birth-rates for the population as a whole calculated according to the three methods explained in the preceding section and compared with the previous year are as follows:-

Table IV.

1937 1938 Pop'n. Rate Pop'n. Rate Pop'n. Rate Whole Population 1,075,040 30.1 1,096,571 32.7 1,275,040 28.2 Chinese 1,052,813 30.02 1,073,888 32.9 1,248,678 28.3 Non-Chinese 22,227 31.2 22,683 24.6 26,362 21.2 1,067,959 30.3 1,033,241 32.8 1,043,717 30.3 1,069,942 33.02 24,242 28.6 23,299 23.9

3. Deaths and death-rate.

18. In the same period the number of deaths registered in the civilian population rose from 34,635 in 1937 to 38,818 in 1938, an increase of 4,183.

19. Table V affords a means of comparison with previous years.

Table V.

Year Males Females Sex unknown. Persons* 1934 10,464 8,402 19 18,885 1935 12,059 9,290 18 21,367 1936 14,681 10,683 16 25,380 1937 20,233 14,392 10 34,635 1938 21,916 16,874 28 38,818

20. In addition twenty-nine deaths were recorded among the Forces of the Crown, eighteen more than in 1937.

21. Table VI contains crude, uncorrected death-rates calculated according to the methods already described :--

Table VI.

1937 1938 Method A Method B Pop'n. Rate Method C Whole Population 1,075,040 32.2 1,075,040 32.2 1,067,959 31.4 1,095,571 35.4 Chinese 1,052,813 32.6 1,052,813 32.6 1,043,717 32.9 1,073,883 35.9 Non-Chinese 22,227 10.93 22,227 10.98 24,242 10.1 1,275,040 20.5 1,093,241 35.5 1,248,678 30.9 26,362 7.5 1,069,942 36.1 23,299 8.5

* Deaths among the Forces of the Crown are not included in this table.