Annual report of the Health Department / City Council of Singapore.

  • Singapore. City Council. Health Department.
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Annual report of the Health Department / City Council of Singapore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The births registered by races were: 1958 1959 Males Females Total Males Females Total Europeans 451 410 861 444 437 881 Eurasians 138 165 303 159 139 298 Chinese 18,480 17,209 35,790* 18.934 18,007 36,941 Malays 2,786 2,640 5,426 3,042 2,698 5,740 Indians 2,125 2,048 4,1741 2,168 2,072 4,240 Others 294 258 552 319 275 594 Total 24,274 22,830 47,106 25,066 23,628 48,694 * Includes 1 Chinese sex unknown. t Includes 1 Indian sex unknown. Table 3 The birth rate for each race in 1959 and the corresponding rate for 1958 are shown in the able which follows:— 1958 1959 Europeans 89.69 83.11 * Eurasians 51.36 43.85 Chinese 48.27 47.89 Malays 51.38 51.85 Indians 50.23 49.13 Others 70.27 69.07 All Races Combined 49.40 49.00 Table 4 The table which follows, shows the number of live-births by race and sex that occurred at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital in 1959 and also the percentage of the total registered live-births of each race born at this hospital:— 1959 Percentage of total births registered by race born at Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital Males Females . ( Both Sexes 1958 1959 Chinese 14,353 13,525 27,878 69.75 75.47 Indians 1,703 1,634 3,337 75.90 78.70 Malays 881 762 1,643 20.53 28.62 Europeans 47 49 96 22.65 10.90 Eurasians 125 101 226 71.95 75.84 Others 139 131 270 48.37 45.45 Total All Races .. 17,248 16,202 33,450 63.53 68.69