Medical report / Federated Malay States.

  • Federated Malay States. Medical Department.
Date:
[1914]
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Credit: Medical report / Federated Malay States. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    // ^ ' - ^a0, l . Supplement to the “ F.M.S. Government Gazette,'” July 23, 191o:, • ; ■ O*.- *\ CO * ! '% f; * 7 ^ .7 FEDERATED MALAY STAtr..S.-*V MEDICAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1914. VITAL STATISTICS. In the early part of the year there was some reduction in population, and since August immigration has been stopped and a large exodus of people has taken place, therefore, to estimate population for the purpose of calculating death-rates and birth-rates with anything like accuracy is not advisable—there is no means of obtaining reliable figures and guesswork totals are not of any real value or to be recommended—two examples of interference with the normal increase of population are : (i) Twenty-two thousand and six Indian immigrants were quarantined in Port Swetten- ham during 1914, whereas 62,193 was the number in 1913. (ii) Twelve thousand and ninety-three Chinese were passed through the Camp for repatriation during 1914 and none in 1913, and there is no record of those who left this country without Government assistance. Taking all these difficulties into consideration it will be seen that estimation of population with any degree of accuracy is not advisable. BIRTHS. Year. Total. 1911 . • •• , , , ,,, , , , • • • • . • . .. 20,310 1912 . , , , . , , . , , , , , ... • . • . .. 25,426 1913 . . ... * ... • .. 26,349 1914 . ... ... ... .. 27,978 There were 5,514 deaths of infants under one year of age, showing an infant mortality of 197.85 per mille. In 1913, the infant mortality was 221.6 per mille. Year. Deaths. Per mille. 1911 3,485 171.58 1912 ... ... • , . , ,,, 3,554 139.97 1913 . 5,840 221.6 1914 5,514 197.85 DEATHS. Y ear. Total. 1911 ... ... «.* ... ... ... ... 38,732 1912 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40,961 1913 .. ’ . 38,000 1914 ... ... 39,003 The death-rate of the principal townships are thus shown : • Crude Corrected Population. death-rate death-rate per mille. per mille. Kuala -Lumpur 58,107 54.42 33.89 Ipoh 27,675 51.8 30.8 Taiping 21,577 70.97 45.78 Seremban 10,594 116.57 63.9 The crude death-rate is calculated on the total number of deaths within Sanitary Board limits. The corrected death-rate is calculated after excluding the deaths of those persons known to have been at date of death resident for less than 30 days within Sanitary Board limits. The town population have not been so much interfered with during the last half of the year and the death-rates are therefore submitted with some confidence. Principal Causes of Deaths. Malaria fever account s for 13,634 deaths or 34.95 per cent, of the total deaths. The deaths and mor tality rates from malaria fever for the past four years are set out below : Y ear. Deaths. Per cent. 1911 17,440 45.02 1912 17,870 44.02 1913 16,414 43.19 1914 . 13,634 34.95