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

  • Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department.
Date:
[1910]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table LXI.—Births and Deaths and their Rates for each Race in the Town of Colombo for the Year 1910, and the Average for 1900 to 1909. Estimated Population (inclusive of the Mili¬ tary) to the Middle of 1910. Births. Deaths. Birth-rate per mille per annum. Death-rate per mille per annum. Average, 1900 to 1909. 1909. 1910. Average, 1900 to 1909. 1909. 1910. Average, 1900 to 1910. 1909. •0161 Average, 1900 to 1910. 1909. 1910. All Races.. 187,554* 3,962 4,589 4,819 5,821 6,169 5,750 23-4 25-0 24-9 34-5 33-5 29-7 Europeans . . 3,111 81 64 76 84 69 78 27-9 20-9 24-4 29-1 22-5 25 -1 Burghers 13,008 397 463 473 326 323 316 32-1 35-8 36-4 26-4 24-9 24-3 Sinhalese 77,397 2,175 2,556 2,684 2,716 2,958 2,738 29-9 33-2 34-7 37-4 38-4 35-4 Tamils 47,531 482 595 618 1,364 1,502 1,336 12-1 12-8 13-0 34-5 32-3 28-1 Moors 33,484 625 671 728 979 990 967 20-d 20-2 21-7 31-8 29-8 28-9 Malays 5,756 140 169 170 174 178 162 27-3 23-9 29-5 35-0 31-7 28 1 Others 7,267 62 71 70 178 149 153 10-9 10-2 9-6 31-6 21-4 211 * This population does not include the population of Eastward Extension, which was roughly estimated to be 6,303. The rates for “ All Races ” have been calculated on the enhanced population. . Table LXII.—Deaths of Males and Females at different Age Periods for each Race in the Colombo Municipality during the Year 1910. i =3 CO u 6 co CD <x> Age at Death. ® Ut o 9 Ji be P ® 7s -S .a £ a c3 CO o o CD CO s A -td c 0 p 3 » PQ oo H s § C < 5 M. F. M. F. 1 1 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Under 1 year of age (see particulars on statement) 5 7 46 34 377 329 134 127 151 136 25 21 14 14 752 668 Under Five Years— 1 year and under 2 • • 1 — 23 13 92 117 35 31 35 31 7 7 1 4 194 203 2 years and under 3 • • — 1 9 5 54 49 15 21 19 16 7 5 4 1 108 98 3 years and under 4 . . 1 — — 3 25 32 6 7 4 9 1 7 _ _ 37 58 4 years and under 5 — — 5 3 20 27 10 8 10 13 1 3 1 — 47 54 Over Five Years— r 5 years and under 10 — 1 4 7 39 52 9 19 11 19 4 5 1 1 68 104 10 years and under 15 2 — 4 4 36 38 21 11 13 11 1 4 3 1 80 69 15 years and under 20 1 — 1 7 46 53 59 24 22 26 3 2 6 1 138 113 20 years and under 25 6 — 9 9 71 61 74 36 15 29 1 2 17 3 193 140 25 years and under 35 15 7 10 18 186 159 118 69 32 41 6 6 28 3 395 203 35 years and under 45 9 — 8 10 143 95 113 61 31 29 8 1 19 3 331 199 45 years and under 55 11 1 11 8 110 79 87 30 33 17 2 1 7 2 261 138 55 years and under 65 2 11 6 86 65 58 36 29 20 6 5 4 1 196 133 65 years and under 75 5 8 16 46 50 29 20 29 19 9 1 4 1 130 107 75 years and under 85 2 — 6 13 68 71 23 17 30 30 _ 4 2 1 131 136 35 years and over — 1 i 2 3 30 32j 9 19 22 i 35 4 3 6 — 73 93 Total . . 60 18 157 159 1429 1309 800 536 4861 481 85 77 117 36 3134 2616 A J v_,__) V_ __J A_ J A J J V J Persons • • Y 78 3l6 2,738 j 1,336 Y 967 -Y- 162 ->r~ 153 5,750 [ 76 ]