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Other Causes.—In the age group 15-45 no less than 82 of the 258 deaths in this
group were ascribed to pulmonary tuberculosis. It is to be regretted that the death
rate for pulmonary tuberculosis, although no higher than in the immediate pre-war
years and lower than the peak war years, is not showing the tendency with most
other infectious diseases, to a further decline.
In the age groups, 45 and upwards, the principal causes of death are diseases
of the heart and circulation (34.2 per cent.), various forms of cancer (17.4 per cent.)
and bronchitis and pneumonia (17.4 per cent).
Infectious Diseases.
Sickness and fatality rates due to the principal infectious diseases are considered
in more detail in Section F of this report.