Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department.
- Singapore. Municipality Health Department.
- Date:
- [1933]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report / Municipality of Singapore, Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following return shows the number of births for each nationality:— Males Females Total Europeans 90 92 182 Eurasians 89 59 148 Chinese 7,067 6,393 13,460 Malays 889 798 1,687 Indians 595 572 1,167 Others 110 127 237 Total 8,840 8,041 16,881 There were 431 still births compared with 467 in 1932 and 493 in 1931. II. DEATHS. The total number of deaths for the year was 9,387 and the death rate 19.66 per 1,000 compared with 20.12 in 1932 and 25.20 in 1931. 220 persons died who had been less than 3 months resident in Singapore. Deducting these, the death rate is reduced to 19.20. The excess of births over deaths was 7,494. The following return shows the number of deaths and the death rate for each month of the year:— Month Deaths 1 Death, Rate 1 Month Deaths Death Rate January 785 19.67 July 805 20.17 F ebruary 712 19.75 August 758 18.99 March 682 17.09 September 761 19.70 April 738 19.11 October 798 20.06 May 831 20.82 November 776 20.09 June 841 21.77 December 900 22.55 The death rates for the different nationalities were:— 1933 | 1932 Males Females Total Males Females Total Europeans 1 6.59 5.16 6.06 9.05 3.27 6.92 Eurasians 15.48 13.95 14.69 | 12.76 13.20 12.99 Chinese 20.21 19.96 20.11 | 21.05 20.29 20.76 Malays 24.25 22.03 23.23 | 23.82 23.97 23.89 Indians 12.20 32.87 15.83 ! 12.91 27.78 15.43 Others 14.08 1 15.57 14.72 | ] I 14.25 12.30 13.42 Total ... 19.28 i 20.34 ! 19.66 ! i 19.94 20.51 20.12 The following return gives the number of deaths from each cause of disease, by nationality, age and sex. The classification followed is that](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31489758_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
