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This rate compares with one of fifty-eight per thousand live births for the non-Chinese sections of the population.

(e) Morbidity and mortality rates for European officials.

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The following table gives some indication of the somewhat better health enjoyed by European officials in 1939 as compared with that prevailing in the preceding years.

Table VII.

1937 1938 1939 Total number of officials resident 940 1,042 1,093 Average number resident 918 833 871 Total number on sick list 453 435 392 Total number of days on sick list 6,134 7,367 5,643 Average daily number on sick list 17 20 15 Percentage of sick to average number resident 49% 52% 45% Average number of days on sick list for each patient 14 17 14 Average sick time (in days) to each resident 7 9 6 Total number invalided 12 5 7 Percentage of invalidings to total residents 1.28% 0.48% 0.64% Total deaths 3 5 5 Percentage of deaths to total residents 0.32% 0.48% 0.46% Percentage of deaths to total average number resident 0.33% 0.60% 0.57%