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Cancer, or Malignant disease.—There were 120
deaths from various forms of malignant disease,
equal to a rate of 0.98 per 1,000. From St. Mary's
Sub-District there were 88 deaths (25 male and 63
female), equal to a rate of 0.98, and from that of
St. John, 32 (7 male and 25 female), equal to a rate
of 0.98. The corrected annual average number of
deaths was 100.5, that for the first half of the decennium, 95.6, and for the second half, 104.2.
These figures indicate at first glance an increased
mortality from this disease, but more examination
is required than can be given now, before a definite
opinion can be expressed. It may, however, be
remarked, that there is a fairly general suspicion
that "Cancer" (whatever may be included under
that term) is on the increase. In the whole Parish,
the mortality among males was 0.63, and that among
females, 1.23 per 1,000 of each sex at all ages.
Phthisis.—To this disease there were due 147
deaths, viz., 83 males and 64 females. The deathrate
from this cause amounted to 1.20 per 1,000.
The corrected average annual number for the previous
decennium was 179.8, that for the first half
being 190.2, and that for the second, 170.1. Taking
phthisis and " other tubercular diseases" together,
the joint mortality in the Parish stood at 1.83, that
for St. Mary's Sub-District being 2.02, and that for
St. John's, 1.32. Among the females of the whole
Parish, the mortality from these combined causes