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Table I appended to this section sets out the causes of
death as supplied by the Registrar-General. The usual principal
causes of death are again to the fore, viz.: Heart Disease,
Cancer and Tuberculosis, but it would not appear that
unemployment or environment have had any marked prejudicial
effect on the health of the inhabitants. Although in the stated
causes of death set out in the table above referred to, 19 deaths
only are given as due to senility, it is interesting to note as
stated above that 38 per cent. of those dying had reached three
score years and ten.
Zymotic Death Rate.
This rate is calculated from the number of deaths occurring
from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, viz.: Small Pox,
Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diphtheria, Fever (Typhus, Typhoid
and Continued), Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea. The total
of deaths from these causes was 11, which give a Zymotic
Death Rate of 0.17 per 1,000 of the population.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The total number of infant deaths, i.e., under one year of
age, during the year was 48, nine more than the previous year.
This increase in the number of infant deaths, coupled with the
fact that the number of births was much less, has unfortunately
caused the Infantile Mortality Rate to rise to 61 per 1,000
births, which although less than the figure for London is slightly
higher than that for the whole country.
Of the 48 infant deaths, 28 occurred outside the area and
21 were neo-natal, i.e., occurring during the first four weeks of
life. Four of the deaths were of illegitimate children.