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The leading causes of death from communicable diseases are:

Cases

Diseases

Total

Deaths

Fatality rate

Chinese

Non-Chinese

1. Tuberculosis

13,855

31

13,886

4,190

30.2%

2. Enteric Fever

1,015

9

1,024

134

13.1%

3. Diphtheria

569

5

574

121

21.1%

4. Measles

390

138

528

39

7.4%

5. Malaria

482

44

526

35

6.7%

6. Bacillary

Dysentery

318

53

371

28

7.5%

Vital Statistics

Year

Births

1946

31,098

Deaths

16,653

1947

42,473

13,231

1948

47,475

13,434

1949

54,774

16,287

1950

60,600

18,465

1951

20,580

68,500

Infant Mortality

The deaths of infants under one year of age formed slightly less than one third of deaths for all ages for this year.

Mortality rate per 1,000 live births

Year

Died under 1 year of age

1946

1947

2,770 4,346

1948

4,324

1949

5,444

1950

6,037\

1951

6,285

Pre-Natal Mortality

89.1

102.3

91.1

99.4

99.6

91.8

The pre-natal mortality rate was 17.2 per 1,000 live births which is the lowest figure ever recorded.

Year

Stillbirths

Stillbirth rate

1946 1947

685

21.6

1,348

30.8

1948

1,251

25.7

1949

1,321

23.5

1950

1,343

22.2

1951

1,180

17.2

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