Table: (This summary is inserted for comparison with those shown in previous reports.)
(This summary is inserted for comparison with those shown in previous reports.)
| 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. |
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| Population, estimated by Registrar-General:— | 156,300 | 152,400 | 149,300 | 146,370 | 143,700 | 140,300 |
| Births, Live, rate per 1,000 population | 17.5 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.0 |
| Death rate from all causes, per 1,000 population Crude | 12.4 | 121 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 12.5 |
| Adjusted | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 13.8 |
| Deaths under 1 year of age, rate per 1,000 nett births | 77 | 63 | 54 | 62 | 46 | 72 |
| Deaths over 65 years of age, rate per 1,000 total population | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| Zymotic diseases:— | | | | | | |
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Proportion of 1,000 deaths | 34.5 | 40.6 | 29.0 | 58.3 | 21.4 | 67.0 |
| Tuberculosis, all forms:— | | | | | | |
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 1.1 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Proportion of 1,000 deaths | 87.5 | 83.3 | 79.1 | 73.8 | 81.9 | 67 .0 |
| Respiratory diseases (excluding phthisis):— | | | | | | |
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 2.2 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Proportion of 1,000 deaths | 181.8 | 140.7 | 87.7 | 142.2 | 93.8 | 126.5 |
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* Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and Mem.
Croup, Typhoid Fever and Diarrhoeal Diseases.
