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The Scheme provides for the provision of a Cancer Diagnostic
Consultation, at which an eminent London specialist shall be in
attendance to diagnose whether or no any conditions are cancerous
in patients who may be referred to the Centre by medical men,
nurses or in other ways ; and, if such diagnosis is confirmed, then
the usual medical attendant will be communicated wi'th and all
endeavours made to obtain appropriate treatment for the case.
Developmental Diseases.—There were 172 deaths, equal to
a rate of 1.65 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes which
would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Congenital defects 5, and
those from causes more or less preventable, viz.:—Premature
birth, 23; Debility at birth, 10; Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus, 10; Atelectasis, 6; and Rickets, 2.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 116 in number, were from Old Age;
in 1925 there were 120 deaths from this cause, and 150 in the
previous year.
Local Diseases.
Nervous System.—One hundred and one deaths were attributed
to the various nervous diseases, which gives a rate of .97
per 1,000; last year the rate was .79 per 1,000. Convulsions
were responsible for 1; 9 were from Meningitis, 59 from
Apoplexy, 1 from Chorea, 4 from General Paralysis of the
Insane, 3 from other forms of Insanity, 2 from Epilepsy, 3 from
diseases of the Spinal Cord, 2 from Cerebral Tumour, 3 from
Encephalitis Lethargica, 3 from Softening of the Brain, and
11 from other diseases of this system.
Organs of Special Sense.—There were 5 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of .04 per 1,000.
Circulatory System. The Death Rate from diseases of
this system was 1.26 per 1,000, there being a total of 131 such
deaths. Valvular Diseases of the Heart were responsible for
71, 3 from Aneurism, 4 from Embolism. 4 from Angina Pectoris,
and from the remaining diseases of this system, 49.
Respiratory System.- Two hundred and eleven deaths were
due to diseases of the Respiratory Organs, as compared with 209
in the preceding year. The Death Rate under this heading equals
2.03 per 1,000. Twenty-one were from Acute, and 98 from
Chronic Bronchitis, 79 from the various forms of Pneumonia (31