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This enables his Department to modify the original classification—
hence the possibilities of discrepancies in some cases between the
figures prepared locally and those referred by the Registrar-General.
Common Infectious Diseases.—The class known as Common
Infectious Diseases, comprising Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough and Diarrhoea is credited with causing the total of
2 deaths, equalling a Death Rate of .02 per thousand.
Small Pox.—There were no deaths from Small Pox, this being
the 47th year since a death occurred from this cause.
Measles.—There were no deaths arising from this cause during
the year—a similar return to that of the previous year. No deaths
were recorded for the years 1943, 1944 and 1945, but one was registered
for each of the years 1946 and 1947.
Scarlet Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this cause,
the position being similar to that of 1948. None occurred in 1942
and 1943, one death in 1944, none in 1945, one in 1946 and none in
1947.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of one
death, with a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
There was one each for the years 1943 and 1944, none in 1945,
two in 1946 and one each in 1947 and 1948.
Diphtheria.—For the third successive year there were no deaths
attributable to this cause during 1949.
Three were recorded for 1942, three in 1943, seven in 1944, one
each in 1945 and 1946.
Enteric Fever.—No deaths have been recorded from this
disease since 1941.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—One death was stated
to be due to this cause, equalling a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
Last year there were 3 deaths, 4 occurred in 1947, 4 in 1946, 13 in
1945, 9 in 1944, 7 in 1943 and none in 1942.
Tuberculosis.—This class included 46 deaths giving a rate of
0.53.
These figures compare with 64, 60, 50, 53, 75, 69 and 62, the
totals for the years 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948
respectively, and the respective Rates of 1.05, 0.94, 0.81, 0.82, 0.97,
0.82 and 0.73.
Tuberculo3is of the Respiratory System is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 41 attributed
to the cause, or a Rate of 0.47 per thousand as compared with 0.67
for the previous year.