CO129-506-7 Medical and sanitary reports- 1926 2-11-1927 - 28-2-1928 — Page 113

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The birth rate for the Non-Chinese civil population was 19.21 as compared with 22.6 in 1925.

The birth rate for the Chinese population as calculated from the registered births was 4.18 per 1,000 as compared was 4.25 per 1,000 in 1925.

The following table shows the birth rate calculated from the registered births for the last ten years.

Year

Non-Chinese

Chinese

1917

20.08

4.9

1918

22.07

3.6

1919

20.6

3.9*

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1920

19.78

3.96

1921

25.88

5.68

1922

22.84

6.25

1923

23.03

6.97

1924

19.8

5.47

1925

22.6

4.25

1926

19.21

4.18

Sex of the newly born.

For the Non-Chinese community the ratio of male to female children for the year 1926 was 105 males to 100 females.

The nationality of the Non-Chinese parents was as follows.

British 129, Portuguese 79, Indian 58, American 13, Filipino 8, Malay 6, Eurasian and German 5 each, Dutch and French 2 each, Australian, Canadian, Parsee, Chilian, Italian, African,

African, Jewish and Brazilian 1 each.

DEATHS.

The total number of deaths registered in the Colony during the year 1926 was 12,516 (14,991 in 1925).

The general civil death rate was 15.9 per 1,000 (19.05 in 1925).

The Chinese deaths numbered 12,336 (14,735 in 1925).

The Chinese death rate was 16.01 per 1,000.

The Non-Chinese deaths numbered 180 including 14 from the Navy and Army.

The death rate for the Non-Chinese civil population was 10.9 per 1,000 (14.6 in 1925).

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