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Respiratory Diseases.
Under this heading are included bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy,
and other diseases of the respiratory organs.
The number of deaths registered was 337. Of these deaths 55 were
of children under one year of age, 44 over one and under five years,
and 118 were persons over 65 years of age.
Influenza.
This disease, which is an infectious one, accounted for 23 deaths
during the year compared with 21 for the year 1915. 11 of the deaths
occurred between the ages of 25 and 65, and 10 were of persons
over 65.
Constitutional Diseases
These diseases which form a group which are only second in importance
to those known as the epidemic diseases accounted for 175
less deaths in 1916 than in 1915. They include rheumatic fever,
rheumatism, rickets, diabetes, gout, anaemia, heart, arterial and other
defined diseases.
During the year they caused 669 deaths against 944 for the previous
year.
Cancer and Malignant Diseases.
One hundred and thirty-eight deaths from cancer and malignant
diseases were recorded during the year. They were equal to a death
rate of 12˙5 per 10,000 of the population, which is 1˙7 above the rate
recorded in the preceding year.
General Sanitary Administration.
During the year 5013 premises were inspected and 16,518 reinspections,
calls, etc., were made by the District Inspectors.
Building operations were considerably restricted as no new buildings
could be erected without permission under an order made under the
Defence of the Realm Act. Plans received numbered 34 and were
chiefly for new drainage.