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CANCER.
The proportion of deaths due to cancer was almost exactly
the average for the previous 6 years viz. 17.4%, the actual
number of deaths being 86. The cancer death rate was 1.58
per 1000 population, which was approximately that for the
country as a whole but slightly higher than the average local
rate for recent years.
VIOLENCE.
The death rate from violence, including suicide was the
same as in 1938, viz. 0.49 per 1000 population, there being 8
deaths from suicide and 19 from other forms of violence. The
death rate from suicide was 14 per 100,000 population, which,
like that of other forms of violence was slightly above the
normal for the years preceding 1938.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
With regard to deaths associated with childbirth, the
local mortality rate was 2.62 per 1000 total births, which is
slightly less than the national rate of 2.82. One death was
due to sepsis and the other to broncho-pneumonia following a
caesarian section.
INFANT MORTALITY RATE.
The number of deaths occurring in children under 1 year
of age was 33 (18 males and 15 females) compared with 38 in 1938
and an average of 17 for the preceding 5 years. Four of the
deaths were in illegitimate children. The infant mortality
rate was thus 43 per 1000 registered births, as against a figure
of 51 for 1938. The national rate of 50 was the lowest yet
recorded.
The local neo-natal mortality rate was 29, which was 2
more than in the previous year.
Infectious disease.
The number of cases of infectious disease was again very
low, there being 165 cases other than tuberculosis, compared
with 120 in 1938, while the infectious disease rate of 3.0 per
1,000 of population was one of the lowes.t recorded. The figure
of 165 would have been even better but for the inclusion of
Measles and Whooping Cough (8) at the end of the year, and the
increased number of cases of pneumonia notified, (52 as compared
With 12 in 1938).

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