Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department.

  • Singapore. Municipality Health Department.
Date:
[1921]
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Credit: Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infantile Death Rate The infantile death rate was 232.7 per 1,000 births compared with 248.9 in 1920 and 261.7 in 1919. The rate for each nationality and sex was as follows:— Males Females Total Europeans 91.9 23.2 57-8 Eurasians 258.O 196.7 227.O Chinese 229.6 263.2 242.2 Malays 306.4 281.7 294.4 Indians 224.2 157.0 192.1 Others I7O.4 97.8 I33-I Total 236.1 229.0 232.7 As compared with the previous year these rates show increases for Eurasians, Malays and other nationalities and decreases for Europeans, Chinese and Indians. The infantile death rate is the lowest yet recorded. Mortality according to nationalities and ages. The following return shows the number of deaths at different age periods in the different nationalities:—- Nationalities ■ Sex Under 3 months 1 3 to 12 months I to 5 years 5 to 10 years j 10 to 20 years 20 to 25 years C/) Gj <D rO LO CO O' 10 (N 1 35 to 45 years 45 to 55 years L i Over 55 years Unknown Total J Europeans ( l M F 3 5 2 2 I i X I • 11 2 6 3 13 4 10 2 51 16 } s 67 Eurasians f l M F 12 9 12 9 5 6 I 3 3 4 3 5 . 3 3 5 9 10 16 64 54 1 118 Chinese M 522 437 347 99 216 458 1510 1487 f 158 690 30 6954 \ i F 452 399 335 102 121 125 257 215 164 265 5 2440 j Malays 1 M F no 87 91 86 52 54 11 12 3i 30 48 23 151 59 95 43 79 47 81 84 3 I 752 526 ] ) 1278 Indians t M 44 29 22 7 35 109 259 146 68 46 I 766 ) 980 1 F 21 29 27 8 8 21 35 25 18 22 214 Others f M F 7 5 8 4 6 4 1 1 4 I 10 2 18 6 8 6 7 1 3 8 72 38 1 no Total Males Total Females M F 698 574 582 529 434 427 119 123 289 164 630 175 1954 362 1745 297 1334 234 840 397 34 6 8659 3288 j 11,947 ...