The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah.

  • Kedah. Medical Department.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: The annual report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Annual Report of the Medical and Health Departments, Kedah, for the Year 1342, A.H. I—VITAL STATISTICS. The population of Kedah for 1342, A.H. is estimated at 350,000 as against 341,596 for 1341, A.H. The following is a comparative table for the last 10 years : Year. Estimated population. Births. Birth rate per mille. Deaths. Death rate per mille. Remarks. 1333 - 258,000 6,584 25-23 6,039 19-50 1334 , 273,0Q0 6,937 25-41 5,463 20-00 1335 - 285,000 8,030 28-17 6,646 23-32 1336 - 290,000 7,902 27-25 6,299 21-72 1337 - 300,000 9,102 30-34 11,548 38-49 Influenza 1338 - 325,000 9,593 29'51 8,557 26-14 1339 - 338,544 10,153 29-99 8,718 25-75 Census Year 1340 - 340,000 10,305 30-30 8,656 25-40 1341 - 341,596 9,454 27-73 7,834 23'41 1342 - 350,000 11,095 3T70 7,877 22-41 The excess of births over deaths was 3,218. The figures for the year shew the highest birth rate recorded in Kedah, and the lowest death rate for the last six years. Infantile Mortality. There were 1,401 deaths among infants up to one year old, against 1,530 during 1341, A.H., the rate being 126’27 per thousand births, against 16T73 in 1341. Infantile death rate for last 5 years was : Year. Deaths. Rate per Mille. Age. 1338 - 1,312 136-76 Deaths under 1 year 1339 - 1,980 194-98 1 year and under 1340 - 1,704 165-35 ?? 1341 - 1,530 161-73 M 1342 - 1,401 126-27 > r The lowest infantile death rate for the last 5 years compares very favourably indeed with infantile death rate of Straits Settlements which in 1922 was 195-22. , The infantile death rate per thousand births, among the principal nation¬ alities was : Malays. 120-20 Chinese. 139-33 South Indians. 184-42