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1911
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
Deaths
1,064
1,037
1,093
997
1,114
1,122
1,084
1,067
1,115
1,119
Death-rates
3.32
3.21
3.I8
3.02
3.33
3.26
3.21
3.17
3.32
3.33
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
Average
1911
Deaths.
1,080
1,101
1,070
1,116
1,007
1.042
1,041
1,048
1,032
989
1,077
943
Death-rates.
3.22
3.23
3.21
3.36
3.03
3.15
3.15
3.12
3.14
3.01
3.25
2.88
The figures show that there has been a slight decrease in the total number
of deaths from this group of diseases. It was chiefly due to the lesser number
of deaths registered from tuberculous diseases, (vide Table LXXX.)
cancer or malignant DISEASE.
Cancer or malignant disease caused 329 deaths, of which 143 were those
of males and 186 of females; and they were in the proportion of 1.0 to every
thousand of the population, which is practically the death-rate which has
obtained during the last five years. It is a melancholy fact that this disease
shows no signs of decreasing; indeed, on the contrary it has increased, as the
following figures demonstrate:—
Year.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1891-95
Males.
74
70
82
78
96
400
Females.
144
149
156
161
170
780
Persons.
218
219
238
239
266
1180
Deaih-rate.
0.68
0.68
0.73
0.72
0.79
0.72