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Old Age.
Five persons died during the year aged 91, two were aged 92, twoaged
93, two aged 94, and one attained the age of 97.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The incidence of the chief causes of mortality shows very plainly
in a tabular list of the six principal death-causing diseases in 1925 :—
Cancer 142
Heart disease 142
Respiratory disease 122
Tuberculosis 60
Cerebral hæmorrhage, &c. 58
Arterio-sclerosis 44
The following diseases and causes of death call for special
mention :-
Maternal Deaths.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth : —
(1) From Sepsis at home-
in hospital 2 5
(2) Other Causes at homein
hospital 3 5
The deaths from this cause in the preceding few years were as
follow:-
From
Year. From Sepsis, Other Causes. Total.
1921 2 1 3
1922 3 3 6
1923 2 2 4
1924 1 2 3
Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year of age and rate per 1000 births:-
Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total.
No. Rate per 1000 No. Rate per 1000 No. Rate per 1000
legitimate births. illegitimate births. births.
41 41 18 216 59 55
Table showing deaths and death-rates of legitimate and illegitimate
infants:—