Table: TABLE I.Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General for the year 1933.
TABLE I.
Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General for the year 1933.
| Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. |
|---|
| All Causes | 354 | 386 |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - |
| 2. Measles | — | — |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | 2 |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 7 | 2 |
| 6. Influenza | 15 | 13 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — |
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 23 | 26 |
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | 5 | 1 |
| 11. Syphilis | — | — |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 4 | 1 |
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | 41 | 44 |
| 14. Diabetes | 3 | 8 |
| 15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 16 | 14 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 78 | 114 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 3 | 1 |
| 18. Other circulatory diseases | 12 | 17 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 8 | 16 |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 30 | 27 |
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 3 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 6 | 1 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 6 | 1 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 5 | 4 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 2 |
| 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | 4 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 8 | 7 |
| 28. Acute and chronic Nephritis | 12 | 12 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | - | 3 |
| 30. Other Puerperal causes | — | 2 |
| 31. Congenital debility, premature, birth, malformations, etc. | 13 | 7 |
| 32. Senility | — | 10 |
| 33. Suicide | 3 | 3 |
| 34. Other violence | 16 | 14 |
| 35. Other defined diseases | 29 | 25 |
| 36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) |
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year— |
| Total | 30 | 9 |
| Legitimate | 28 | 5 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 4 |
| Live Births |
| Total | 416 | 427 |
| Legitimate | 406 | 404 |
| Illegitimate | 10 | 23 |
| Still-births |
| Total | 17 | 15 |
| Legitimate | 17 | 13 |
| Illegitimate | — | 2 |
| population | 62,970 |
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