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heart diseases each caused 221 deaths. Tuberculosis
was third on the list in 1926 and caused 178 deaths,
compared with 173 for the previous year. Bronchitis
came next, accounting for 161 deaths, compared with
135 for the previous year, and pneumonia was fifth,
causing 142 deaths, as compared with 175 during 1925.
It is interesting to note that diseases of the respiratory
system accounted for 479 deaths or 27 per cent.
of the total deaths. These were made up as follows:—
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 161,
bronchitis 161, pneumonia 142, and other respiratory
diseases 15.
Diseases of the circulatory system caused 259
deaths, including 195 from diseases of the heart and
64 from arterio-sclerosis, but including cerebral hæmorrhage,
the deaths from circulatory diseases were 337
in number.