So far as the Settlement is con-gemed, while the routine work of the Malaria Prevention Unit and. sub-
Gwith the partment's disposal) to discover and Abolish innumerable breeding places known to exist on private pro: erty. Tu other words, itis the duty of householders to make a regular survey of their premises and make sure that common domestic breeding spots are not overlooked, particularly locked rain gutters, empty ting and other vessels which are £0 frequently unnoticed or ignored, and whilst it true that such plices are not as a rule chosen by malarial mosquitoes, the local variety is known to have utilized them when the more favoured sites were not avallable Foreign Births—The birth-tute of 21.73 per mille compares favourably with the corresponding' month. year—an increase of 5.83 per mille is Shown. The total number recorded is 85, including 72 residents of the Infeinatlonal Settlement (42 males and Chinese Births—Notiftations com-are favourably with the corresponding month of 1936, "A total of 1,058 births were recorded, including 1/810 residents of the International Settlement (957 anales and 853 females), Foreign Deaths—Among the for eign residents deaths totalled 47, of which 74 per cent. were non-Chinese Asiatics; the death-rate was 14.10 per mille compared with 1345 per mille in May 1936. The major causes of death were tuberculosis, pneumonia, diseases of the heart, and cerebral haemorrhage.
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