Foreign Births.—121 foreign births were recorded of which 100 were residents (44 males and 56 females) and the birth rate was 3019 per mille. 73 of the resident births were Japanese. Chinese Births.—913 Chinese births were recorded of which 779 were residents, (466 males and 313 females).
Foreign deaths—There were 64 deaths amongst the resident foreign community, of which nine were German Jewish Refugees and 37 non-Chinese Asiatics (33 Japanese, one Filipino and three Indians). The death rate was 19.32 per mille, and the major causes of death were dysentery, tuberculosis, pneumonia and diarrhoea. Chinese deaths. Chinese deaths recorded were 2,347, of which 1,383 were exposed corps. 421 deaths were due to communica able diseases, the major causes of death being tuberculosis, typhoid fever, dysentery and diarrhoea.
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