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The total number of deaths amongst the Chinese community was 6,999 which gives a death-rate of 22.52 per 1,000.

The deaths registered amongst the Non-Chinese community numbered 287 of which 255 were from the Civil population, 24 from the Army and 8 from the Navy.

This gives a death-rate for the Non-Chinese community of 15:46 per 1,000.

The nationalities of the deceased were as follows:-British 73, Indian 85, Portuguese 58,German 12, Japanese 17, American 6, Malay 10, French 4, Italian 4, Spanish 2, Austrian 3, Swedish 3, Danish 3, African 2, Norwegian, Dutch, Brazilian, Javanese and

Jew I each.

The following Table gives the causes of the 25 deaths registered during the year as having occurred among the Troops

British Troops.

Indian Troops.

Enteric Fever,....

Plague,

1

Influenza,

1

Dysentery,

I

Tonsillitis,

1

Malarial Fever,

Heart Disease,

1

Sprue,

Hepatitis,

1

Anæmia,

Acute Nephritis, -

Apoplexy,

2

Fracture of Skull,

1

Hæmorrhage-Wound of Neck,.. 1

Drowning,

13

10

| Indian Women and Children.

Ni.

British Women and Children.

Chinese Troops.

Eclampsia Neonatorum,......................... 1

Phthisis, ....

1

1

1

The 8 deaths occurring in the China Squadron which were registered in the Colony were as follows:-

Enteric Fever, -

Heat Apoplexy,

Cervical Abscess-Septicemia,

Drowning,

Otitis Media,

1

1

1

1

Fracture of Skull,

Undefined (body decomposed when discovered)...

1