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There were 334 deaths amongst persons aged from fifty-five to sixty-five
years. Of these 23 were attributed to consumption, 24 to cancer, 15 to
apoplexy, 27 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 41 to bronchitis,
33 to pneumonia, 9 to cirrhosis of the liver, 23 to disease of the kidneys, 3 to
accident or negligence, and one to suicide.
Of persons aged from sixty-five to seventy-five years there died 228, the
chief causes being cancer, which resulted in 17, old age 29, diseases of the
nervous system 22, including 12 due to apoplexy, diseases of the heart and
circulatory organs, which caused 29, bronchitis 47, pneumonia 24, cirrhosis of
the liver 6, disease of the kidneys 11, and accident or negligence 6, four of which
were caused by vehicles.
Of 150 persons who died aged between seventy-five and eighty-five years,
in 59 instances death was attributed to the results of old age, in 10 to apoplexy,
in 16 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, in 22 to bronchitis, in 12 to
pneumonia, in 7 to Bright's disease, and in 10 to cancer. Two deaths were
attributed to accident or negligence.
Of the 39 persons who died, aged 85 years and upwards, 1 died of cancer,
17 old age, 1 apoplexy, 4 diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 5 of
bronchitis, 2 pneumonia, 1 of an affection of the liver, 5 of Bright's disease,
1 from poison and 2 through falls, all three the result of accident or negligence.
The chief causes of death in the Borough during the year were:—Tuberculosis,
which accounted for 277, including 194 attributed to phthisis or consumption,
pneumonia 281, bronchitis 198, diseases of the heart and blood
vessels 154, measles 127, old age 105, violence 85, cancer 82, diarrhoea 79,
prematurity 78, atrophy, debility, marasmus 71, Bright's disease and other
diseases of the kidneys 74, apoplexy 58, whooping cough 73, cirrhosis of the
liver and alcoholism 46, and enteritis which was given as the cause of 46 deaths.
Of the 82 deaths from cancer 37 were of males and 45 of females. Nine
persons under 45 years and 11 persons over 75 years of age were certified to have
died of cancer, the remaining 62 deaths were of persons aged between fortyfive
and seventy-five years. In addition there were 10 deaths, 5 of males,
and 5 of females, which were attributed to malignant disease. In some of
these it is probable that cancer was the cause of death. The cancer death rate
was 0.72 per 1,000 population. This is markedly above the average. The
rates for previous years are as follows:—0.64 in 1908, 0.72 in 1907, 0.64 in
1906, 0.70 in 1905, 0.69 in 1904, 0.66 in 1903, 0.74 in 1902, 0.63 in 1901,