directly related to the influx of illegal immigrants, particularly to cases in the older age groups amongst them. The incidence of chickenpox also increased but there were lower incidences of diphtheria, malaria and amoebiasis.
67. There was an overall rise in the notifications of infectious dis- eases but the mortality resulting declined. The crude death rate remained at the same level as the previous year, namely 5.9 per 1000 of popula- tion.
TABLE 2
INFANTILE AND MATERNAL MORTALITY 1958-62
Neo-natal Mortality
Maternal Mortality
lafantile Mortality
Year
rate (per 1,000
live births)
1958
54.3
1959
48.3
1960
413
1961
37.7
1962
36.9
rate (per 1.000
live births)
23.4
21.3
20.9
21.0
21.2
rate (per 1,000
total births)
0.85
0.73
0.49
0.45
0.48
VITAL STATISTICS
68. The registration of all deaths and live births occurring in the Colony is compulsory under the Births and Deaths Registration Ordin- ance, Still-births are not registrable but the number of still-born children received by cemeteries and crematoria are recorded. Table 1 shows the annual returns for births and deaths during the past five year period.
71. Table 2 shows the recent trends in infantile and maternal mor- tality. The infant mortality rate has continued to fall but the maternal and neonatal mortality rates have remained more or less stationery.
72. An analysis of maternal mortality over the past 5 years is shown in Table 3. Toxaemias and haemorrhages of pregnancy were the prin- cipal fatal complications although there have been marked reductions in deaths from these causes in recent years.
TABLE I
BIRTHS AND DEATHS 1938-62
TABLE 3
ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL MORTALITY 1959-62
Feur
Extorted
Poplacher
Tor Live Byrky
Crude Lave Birth Rate
Crude
(per 1,000
Sou! Byr
Recorded
Tomat Peaks
Poputarioa)
Death Rale (per 1,000 Popula
Year
Sepatr (excluding
Toxemias Haemorrhages Abortions
Septic Abortions)
Ectopic Pregnancies
Others
1958
J
2,748,000
106,624
38.8
1.297
20,554
7.5
1958
.029
269
.250
.037
.111
.138
1959
2,857,000
104.579
36.6
1,393
20,250
7.1
1959
N/A
.340
226
.008
.066
056
1960
2,981,000
110,667
37.1
1,680
19,146
64
1960
010
.179
143
.045
.072
0145
1961
1962
3,177,700 108.726 3,400,300 111,905
34,3
1,683 18,738
5.9
1961
.009
.09
027
.036
T-2ם..
.072
32,8
1,560
20.324
5.9
1962
--
0.18
141
.185
.006
044
062
69. The total of live births showed a slight increase on the figures for 1961 but the crude live birth rate dropped slightly by 1.4 per 1,000 of population and the crude death rate remained constant at 5.9. There was a natural increase of 91,581 persons, this being the highest ever recorded.
70. The mortality pattern continues to show the same trends observed during previous years, namely decreasing mortality from the communic- able diseases and an increase in deaths from discases of later life, partic- ularly neoplasms and cerebro-vascular disorders. An analysis of mor- tality for the years 1958-62 can be found in Appendix 4.
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73.
III. WORK OF THE HEALTH DIVISION
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
The Urban Council is responsible through the Urban Services Department for environmental sanitation in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon. The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, in his capacity of Vice-Chairman of the Urban Council, is the co-ordinat- ing link between the two Departments for the control of communicable disease by measures of environmental sanitation, food hygiene and pest
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