( 25 ) 
Deaths. 
In 1923, 33,914 deaths were registered giving. a 
death rate of 24.40 per mille population. 
The death rates of the several races were as 
follows: — 
Race Death rate per mille 
per year. 
Europeans and Americans 
5.46 
Eurasians 
12.62 
Malays and other races of the 
Archipelago 
24.69 
Chinese 
23.64 
Indians 
25.77 
Others 
13.54 
Table showing principal causes of deaths in *1923:— 
Death rate per mille 
population. 
Fevers (mostly malaria) 
.. 11.17 
Dysentery and Diarrhoea 
1.55 
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 
1.39 
Pneumonia 
1.17 
Ankylostomiasis 
. . 0.28 
Beri Beri 
0.27 
Syphilis 
. . 0 06 
Tetanus 
. . 0.04 
Enteric 
. . 0.02 
Diphtheria 
.. 0.01 
Convulsions 
2.42 
Other diseases 
6.03 
t>i-A s/*® 4. 
