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Of the causes of death detailed in Table 4, not spscially dealt with under
the head of Infectious diseases, the following are of interest.
Tuberculous Diseases. 62 deaths were registered during the year,
of which 51 were pulmonary phthisis, or Consumption. This number gives
a death-rate from tuberculous diseases of 1.9 per 1000 of population. Over
70 per cent. of the persons dying from tubercle of the lungs were more
than 25 years of age, whereas 54 per cent. of the deaths from tuberculosis
other than pulmonary were in infants and young children under 5 years of age.
Other Respiratory Diseases. It will be seen from the table that
Bronchitis and Broncho-Pneumonia, responsible together for 66 deaths, are
generally speaking fatal diseases of the extremes of life, only one of the
total having occurred between the ages of 5 and 25, and the great majority
either in the first five years or at ages over 65. The deaths from Pneumonia,
on the contrary, will be noticed to be fairly evenly distributed over all the
age-periods.
Heart-Disease. 38 deaths were notified from this cause, 31 of which
were persons over 25 years of age. The infant deaths from heart disease
were in both cases due to malformation.
Accidents of Parturition. Of the 9 deaths due to disease and accidents
of birth, in 5 cases the child died, and in 4 the mother.
Cancer. Cancer, which in the table includes all forms of malignant
disease, is in the majority of cases rare before adult life. During the year
36 deaths from this cause were notified, all but one being in persons aged
over 25 years. Of the total, 14 were males and 22 females.