Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 3 ) (1) StiUhirths in Colombo during the Year 1929, by Race. Race. No. of Stillbirths. Rate per 1,000 Births (Live and Still). Sinhalese • • « • • • 437 78*7 Tamils • • • 107 87*3 Moors * i « 82 65*9 Burghers • • • 24 39*1 Malays • • • 9 28*4 Europeans • • • 3 35*3 Others • • • 11 56*1 All Races ... 673 72*1 (2) Stillbirths during the Year 1929, by Ward. Ward. N n rff Rate per 1,000 V f Rate per 1,000 cj..,,?’. Births Stillbirths. ^ Stillbirths. Births (Live and Still). Ward. Slave Island 35 54*4 Wellawatta 12 36*9 Maradana North 32 57*6 Maradana South 11 38*5 New Bazaar 30 45*4 Bambalapitiya 7 43*8 St. Paul’s 29 51*3 Timbirigasyaya 7 27*6 Kotahena 24 40*1 Cinnamon Gardens ... 6 59*4 Dematagoda 20 39*4 Pettali — — Kollupitiya 19 64*0 Fort - . . • — Mutwal 19 31*4 Hospitals 408 117*1 San Sebastian 14 52*6 Colombo Town 673 72*1 IV.—Deaths. (a) General Death-7'ate.^ There were 8,272 deaths registered during the year under review, as against 7,989 repre¬ senting a crude death-rate of 30*9, as against 30‘2 in 1928 and 31’2 the average for the preceding ten years 1919-1928. Excluding the deaths of 1,765 non-residents in Colombo hospitals and including the deaths of Colombo residents in hospitals outside Colombo the corrected death-rate was 25‘1, as against 22*7 the lowest corrected death-rate recorded in 1927. (5) and (c) Death-rates by Ward and Race. These figures are omitted for reasons given in Section II. (3) Deaths, 1929, by Ward. Ward. No. of Deaths, 1929. Mutwal • • • 653 New Bazaar 592 St. Paul’s 505 Slave Island 493 Maradana North 481 Kotahena 472 Dematagoda 419 Maradana South 271 San Sebastian 258 Wellawatta 172 Kollupitiya 165 Ti mbirigasyaya 163 Bambalapitiya 110 Cinnamon Gardens 72 Pettah 48 Fort 20 Hospitals 3,378 Colombo Town 8,272 Crude Death-rate, 1929. Death-rate corrected for Deaths of Non-residents in Colombo Hospitals, 1929. Death-rate corrected for Deaths in Colombo Hospitals. 1928. 30-9 24*3 23-8 Race. Sinhalese Tamils Moors Burghers Malays Europeans Others All Races No. of Deaths, 1929. 4,674 1,545 1,173 346 210 51 273 8,272 (4) Deaths, 1929, by Race. Death-rate corrected - , 4 u 4. Deaths of Crude Death-rate, Non-residents in Colombo Hospitals, 1929. Death-rate corrected for Deaths of Colombo Residents in Hospitals outside Colombo, 1929. Death-rate further corrected for Ajre and Sex Distribution. 30-9 24*3 25*1 29*3 * These rates must be taken with caution for reasons given