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including 18 attributed to apoplexy, and 7 to general paralysis of the insane,
27 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 19 to bronchitis, 21 to pneumonia,
7 to cirrhosis of the liver, 9 to Bright's disease, and' 8 to violence, including
2 the result of suicide.
Of 245 deaths amongst persons aged from 55 to 65 years, 33 were attributed to
consumption, 27 to cancer, 3 to old age, 24 to apoplexy, 2 to general paralysis of the
insane, 36 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 28 to bronchitis, 18 to
pneumonia, 10 to cirrhosis of the liver, 16 to Bright's disease, and 13 to violence,
of which 3 were the results of suicide.
Of 218 deaths amongst persons aged from 65 to 75 years, 12 were the
results of consumption, 19 of cancer, 9 of old age, 23 of apoplexy, 44 of diseases of
the heart and circulatory organs, 33 of bronchitis, 21 pneumonia, 15 Bright's
disease, and 8 of violence, including 1 of suicide.
Of 129 persons who died aged from 75 to 85 years, in 3 instances death was
attributed to cancer, in 44 to old age, in 12 to apoplexy, in 13 to diseases of the
heart and circulatory organs, 24 to bronchitis, in 5 to Bright's disease, and 6 to
violence, including 1 case of suicide.
Of the persons who died aged 85 years and upwards, 1 died from cancer, 20
from old age, 1 from apoplexy, 1 from paralysis, 1 from disease of the circulatory
organs, 5 from bronchitis, 3 from pneumonia, and 2 from the results of
falls.
The chief causes of death during the year were : tuberculosis which caused
304 including 229 attributed to phthisis or consumption, pneumonia which caused
235, bronchitis 158, diarrhoea and enteritis 172, diseases of the heart and circulatory
system 170, measles 107, cancer 91, apoplexy 85, old age 76, prematurity 69,
Bright's disease and acute nephritis 56, whooping cough 55, atrophy debility
and marasmus 48, alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver 38, and various forms of
violence which caused 119 deaths.
Of the 91 deaths attributed to cancer, 47 were of males and 44 of females.
12 were of persons under 45 years and 4 of persons over 75 years. In addition
there were 14 deaths certified as due to malignant disease or sarcoma. Some of
those attributed to malignant disease were doubtless the result of cancer. The
death-rate from cancer was 0.84 per 1,000 population as compared with 0.59 in
1913, 0.72 in 1912, 0.72 in 1911, 0.71 in 1910, 0.72 in 1909,0.64 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, 0.56 in 1900, 0.63 in 1899, 0.58 in 1898, 0.51 in 1897, 0.45 in 1896, 0.50 in
1895, 0.64 in 1894 and 0.54 in 1893. The rate for 1914 is therefore the highest so
far recorded for the borough.