Annual report / State of Brunei.

Date:
[1953]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report / State of Brunei. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The languages spoken in the State are as diverse as the component population. The Court language is Malay, though both Malay and English are used. Colloquial Malay is the Lingua Franca throughout the State. The Principal Chinese dialects are Kheh, Hokkien and Cantonese. Malayalam is used by Indians most of whom have settled from South India. POPULATION BY RACIAL GROUPS (1947 CENSUS) Malays (Brunei) Kedayans Dayaks Muruts Dusuns Chinese Indians Europeans Others Approximate 49 % 17 % 3.5% .5% 7 % 19 % 1.5% BIRTHS 1951 1952 1953 Total Births ... 2,805 2,809 2,903 Male 1,524 1,405 1,496 Female 1,281 1,404 1,407 Birth Rate per Mille... 68.9 69.1 71 DEATHS 1951 1952 1953 Total Deaths. 708 865 808 Male 382 470 447 Female 326 395 361 Death Rate per Mille 17.4 21 19. INFANT MORTALITY Infant Mortality ... ... 113.3 per 1,000 births Rate of Stillbirth . 4.8 per 1,000 births
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