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The Registrar-General is able, in cases where it is deemed
desirable, to obtain fuller information from the certifying
practitioner. 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.—Under this classification comprising
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and
Diarrhoea, 3 deaths were registered for the current year.
There were no deaths for 1956, 2 deaths for 1955, one for 1954,
4 for 1953, none for 1952 and 3 for each of the years 1951 and 1950.
Smallpox.—No deaths from Smallpox have been recorded
during the year, this year being the 55th since a death from this
disease occurred.
Measles.—There were 2 deaths arising from this cause during
the year compared with a nil return for the previous year. Prior
to 1955 when 2 were recorded, no deaths had been registered since
the year 1947 when there was one.
Scarlet Fever.—For the eleventh year in succession there
were no deaths attributed to this cause. One was recorded in 1946
none in 1945 and one in 1944.
Whooping Cough.—No deaths were credited to this cause
during the current year, a similar position to that obtaining during
each of the previous 3 years.
Two deaths were registered for 1953, none for 1952, and one for
each of the years 1951 and 1950.
Enteric Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this cause
during the year and none has been recorded since 1941. Only 2
deaths from Typhoid Fever have been registered during the last
twenty years.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—Compared with one
death for the current year and a nil return for each of the years
1956 and 1955 there was 1 death from this cause in 1954, 2 during
1953 and none during 1952.
Diphtheria.—Again it is gratifying to report that there were
no deaths from Diphtheria during the year under review and that
it is now 11 years since one was recorded.
Tuberculosis.—There were 8 deaths from this disease during
the year giving a Death Rate of 0.09 compared with 13 deaths and a