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COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
The following figures show the comparison of the death rate in the different nationalities for the last two years:
1898 1899 per 1,000 per 1,000 Whites 16.2 12.5 Coloured *** 28.3 Chinese 22.54 24.4The increased mortality amongst the Chinese was occasioned by the greater number of deaths from plague.
The average death rate for the 14 years 1880-1893 was 26.74.
From 1894 (when plague first made its appearance) to 1899 the average has been 23.78 including plague, and 19.51 exclusive of plague.
The total number of cases of plague reported during the year was 1,486, and the total number of deaths from this disease 1,428.
Small-pox was less prevalent than in 1898, only 69 cases being reported.
Fifty-nine cases of enteric fever were reported during the year. Of these 31 were contracted locally as against 38 in 1898.
There were nine cases of diphtheria reported.
For the third year in succession the Colony was practically free from cholera.
Malarial fevers and beri-beri were more prevalent than in the previous year.
Beri-beri is common among the Chinese, but the disease is not, as it now exists here, very infectious and does not become epidemic.
(C.) SANITATION.
Some progress has been made during the year towards the improvement of the general sanitary condition of the Colony.
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COLONIAL REPORTS- -ANNUAL.
The following figures show the comparison of the death rate in the different nationalities for the last two years: -----
1898.
1899.
per 1,000.
per 1,000.
Whites
16.2
12.5
Coloured
***
嗡酆噜
33-6
28.3
Chinese
22.54
24.4
The increased mortality amongst the Chinese was occasioned by the greater number of deaths from plague.
The average death rate for the 14 years 1880-1893 was 26.74.
From 1894 (when plague first made its appearance) to 1899 the average has been 23-78 including plague, and 1951 exclusive of plague.
The total number of cases of plague reported during the year was 1,486, and the total number of deaths from this disease 1,428.
Small-pox was less prevalent than in 1898, only 69 cases being reported.
Fifty-nine cases of enteric fever were reported during the year. Of these 31 were contracted locally as against 38 in 1898.
There were nine cases of diphtheria reported.
For the third year in succession the Colony was practically free from cholera.
Malarial fevers and beri-beri were more prevalent than in the previous year.
Beri-beri is common among the Chinese, but the disease is not, as it now exists here, very infectious and does not become epidemic.
(C.) SANITATION.
Some progress has been made during the year towards the improvement of the general sanitary condition of the Colony.
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