Foreign Births—€2 foreign births were recorded (an increase of nine over last month), of which 45 were residents of the International Settlement (18 males and 27 females).
Births—Notifations of fnerease over the previous month, 1198 being recorded as against 776 in September. 1,082 were residents of the International Settlement (S31 males and 831 females). foreign Deaths—41 deaths were recorded amongst the foreign community, of which 29 were non-Chinese Asiatics (23° Japanese and six Indians).. 18 of the 41 deaths recorded were from communicable dis-tease. Chinese deaths showed a big decrease over last month, 3449 being recorded as against 5,110 in September. 485 deaths were due to communi cable diseases, the major causes being typhoid fever, dysentery, tuberculosis, and cholera, 2,46 of the total deaths were exposed corpses.
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