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CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1937.
Total.
Under 1 year.
1—2 years.
2—5 years.
5—15 years.
15—65 years.
65 and above.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid
Fevers
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
Measles
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
Scarlet Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
Whooping Cough
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Diphtheria
5
-
-
2
2
—
1
Influenza
16
-
-
—
—
8
8
Encephalitis Lethargica
1
-
-
—
—
1
—
Cerebro-spinal Fever
1
-
-
—
—
1
—
Tuberculoids of the Respiratory
System
31
-
-
—
-
25
6
Other Tuberculous Diseases
4
1
-
—
1
2
—
Syphilis
-
-
-
-
-
-
—
General Paralysis of the
Insane, Tabes Dorsalis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancer, malignant disease
113
-
-
-
—
55
58
Diabetes
14
-
-
—
—
6
8
Cerebral Hœmorrhage, etc.
27
-
-
—
—
8
19
H eart Disease
155
-
-
—
—
39
116
Aneurysm
5
-
—
—
—
1
4
Other Circulatory Diseases
45
-
-
—
—
14
31
Bronchitis
11
-
-
—
—
5
b
Pneumonia (all forms) ..
40
9
1
—
1
17
12
Other Respiratory Diseases
4
—
-
—
—
—
4
Peptic Ulcer
3
3
Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2
years)
5
5
-
—
—
—
—
Appendicitis
9
—
-
—
—
6
a
Cirrhosis of Liver
4
—
-
—
—
2
2
Other Diseases of Liver
8
—
-
—
—
1
2
Other Digestive Diseases
18
1
-
—
—
8
9
Acute and Chronic
Nephritis
18
9
9
Puerperal Sepsis
2
—
—
—
2
—
Other Puerperal causes ..
2
—
-
—
—
2
—
Congenital Debility, Premature
Birth, Malformation,
etc.
33
33
-
-
-
-
-
Senility
13
-
-
-
-
-
13
Suicide
10
—
—
—
8
2
Other Violence
28
4
-
1
1
12
10
Other Defined Diseases ..
56
5
-
—
3
27
21
Causes Ill-defined
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
Totals
678
58
1
3
8
260
348
51-3 per cent, of deaths are at 65 years or above—
65—74 years 170
75—84 years 139
85—94 years 37
95 and above 2
348
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