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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 591, the number of males being 252 and females 339.
The death-rate was 1.71 per 1,000. The number of deaths in
1934 was 12 more than in 1933.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 113.
1,272 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 1,260 in 1933, 1,279 in 1932, and
1,197 in 1931. 970 of these deaths were of persons over 65 years
of age.
There were 396 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 386 in 1933, 492 in 1931 and 420 in 1930.
The number from Bronchitis was 184 compared with 184 in 1933,
and from Pneumonia (all forms) 187 compared with 175 in 1933.
Further particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 26.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 25.
121 deaths, 69 males and 52 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
111 in 1933.
74 deaths, 22 males and 52 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1933 was 114.
182 deaths were due to violence, 123 of them being due to
accident, 58 to suicide, and one to another form of violence.
Insulin Treatment.
This service was commenced by the Council in 1928 with
the sanction of the Ministry of Health. There are now six
persons receiving treatment.
The cost to the Council for the year 1934 was £32 16s. lid.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 268 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 177 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.
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