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In December 1947 legislation was introduced to permit re-registration of deaths recorded in the lost registers as was done in the case of births and 18 deaths were registered under this Ordinance.

43.

The post-registered deaths for 1949 amounted to 33. These post-registered and re-registered deaths are not included in the figure 16,287 above.

44. The graph in Annexure D shows a comparison between the deaths al different ages and the age distribution found in the censuses of 1921 and 1931.

46.

D. Infant Mortality.

Table 4 shows the number of infant deaths per thousand live births for the years 1928 to 1949.

TABLE 4.

Infant Mortality.

Infant Mortality Rate

468

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47. Once again the infants under one year provided almost exactly one third of the total deaths occurring in the Colony during the year.

48. There was a higher death rate among female infants, the figure being 104.7, than among male infants where the rate was 94.5. On the other hand there were 28,583 males born ag compared with 26,236 females.

49. In Annexure E are graphs showing the number of births each month for the years 1947, 1948 and 1949. From this it will be seen that there is a definite seasonal incidence, the number of births falling each year around about the Chinese New Year that is the February-March period and rising to a peak in the Autumn.

50. Table 5 shows the infant and neo-natal deaths and also the neo-natal death rate per thousand live births for the years 1946 to 1949.

TABLE 5.

Fear

1928

Neo-natal Mortality rate.

1929

662. 9

1930

6567. 6

Age period

1946

1947

1948

1949

1931

617.42

1932

625.28

0-1 day

174

273

221

219

1933

1-ih ྂས་་

454.89

1-7 days

244

376

167

454

1934

347.34

1-4 weeks

563

$14

745

536

1936

316.36

4 weeks-3 months

771

981

900

1136

1936

372.42

3-6 montha

462

750

665

925

1937

378

1938

6-9 mantha

26T

731

343

TTE

906

1939

345

9-12 months

180

421

551

786

GetOUNTING

1940

327

1941

1942 to 1945

Not available

Not available

(Japanese occupation)

Total under 1 year Infant Mortality rate..

2770

4346

4324

5444

89.1

102.3

$1.1

99.4

1946

1947

1948

1949

89, 1

102. 3

91. 1

99. 4

No. of deaths under

four weeks Neo-natal Mortality

rate

1001

1463

1433

1609

32.2

34.4

30.2

20.4

46.

The infant mortality rate for 1949 was slightly higher than that of 1948 but is very considerably lower than the rates recorded before the war.

51.

There has been a further drop in the neo-natal mor-

tality rate to 29.4 which is the lowest recorded since the war. Pre-war figures are not available.