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Births & Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1934 (Regulations Te Births Registration-Special Registers) G.Ñ. A.248

of 1948.

Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1935 (Amendment

of Regulations) G.N. À.242 of 1948.

Hawkera Ordinance, 1935 (Amendments of By-laws) G.N.

A.267 of 1948.

Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1935 (Amendment of By-

laws re Markets) (.N. A.280 of 1948.

Pharmacy & Poisons Ordinance, 1937 (Amendment of

Regulations) G.N. A.289 of 1948.

Births & Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1934 (Amendment of Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death) G.N. A.318 of 1948.

The following legislation was enacted during the period January 1st, 1949 to March 31st, 1949.

17.

Public Health (Animals & Birds) Ordingure, 1936 (Order re prohibition of importation of exquines into the Colony} GN. AA of 1940,

Public Health (Food) Ordinance 1935 (Amendment of By-

laws re Markets) G.N. A.14 of 1949, Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance 1945 (Amendments of By-laws re Mosquito Prevention) (.N. A.19 of 1949. Pharmacy & Peistus Ordinance 1937 (Amendment of

Regulations) G‚N. A.54 of 1949.

II-PUBLIC HEALTH.

Ceneral Remarks.

The health of the Colony during the 15 months under review was good, whether judged by standards of nutrition or by the statistics of munchidity and mortality.

18. Living conditions remained very much the same as in 1947. It seems likely that there was a slight increase in the population, but this was not sufficient to affect appreciably the standards of living or the degree of overcrowding.

19.

Once again there was no smallpox or cholera epidemic, no case of cholera being reported at all ́and only a few isolated cases of smallpox which did not give rise to secondary cases.

20. A combined medico-social survey was carried out during the summer months under the chairmanship of Professor Robert- 800, Professor of Economics at the University. A block of 40 flats containing about 1,800 people was chosen for investigation. At the time of writing this report results are being analysed by the Government Statistician and it is hoped the report will be available during the coming months.

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III--VITAL STATISTICS.

A. Population.

As was the case in 1947 there is a considerable discrepancy hetween the estimated population and that obtained by extra- polation methods. The table 1 set out below gives the population figures from 1920 until 1948 (Excluding the period of occupation by the Japaneso).

TABLE 1

Year

(1) Estimated Population

(2) Estimated Population

1920

648.150

547,350

1921

625,116

585.680

1922

898.300

$78.200

1923

667.900

597.300

1924

695.500

714.500

1925

725.100

786,920

1925

710,100

*80.020

1027

740.300

894,400

1928

766,700

070,440

1920

002.900

1.07.260

1830

838.800

1,047,400

1931

840.473

878.947

1932

PD0.812

900.812

1933

922.643

922,643

1934

944.492

041.492

1935

966.341

004,341

1936

988.190

988.190

1937

1,281,982

1.008,982

1938

1.478.619

1.020.8619

1930

1,750,256

1,050.266

1940

1.821.893

1.071,893

1041

1,639.357

1,039,357

1942 - 1944

Not available

1945 (Sepl)

1948

1947

1043

Not available

(Japanese Occupation)

Under 800.000

1,500,000-

1.600.000

1,750.000

1.800.000

1.168.815

1,214.762

1.126.316

(1) Official estimate published by the Department of Statistics in the Government Gazette, Supplement No. 4 of March 4th, 1949.

(2) Estimated by extrapolation methods from the previous census.

or by other methods.

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