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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from Cancer and malignant
disease was 568, the number of males being 255 and females 313,
The death-rate was 1.65 per 1,000. The number of deaths in
1036 was four more than in 1935.
The number of deaths from diseases of the Brain and
Nervous System was 127.
1,440 deaths occurred from diseases of the Heart and Circulatory
System, compared with 1,446 in 1935, 1,272 in 1934,
and 1,260 in 1933. 1,123 of these deaths were of persons over 65
years of age.
There were 440 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory
System, compared with 341 in 1935, 396 in 1934 and 386 in 1933.
The number from Bronchitis was 247 compared with 167 in 1935,
and from Pneumonia (all forms) 171 compared with 145 in 1935.
Further particulars relative to Pneumonia are given on page 32.
The number of infants under two years of age who died
from these diseases was 50.
119 deaths, 73 males and 46 females, were registered as due
to Premature Birth and Developmental Diseases, compared with
105 in 1935.
88 deaths, 34 males and 54 females, occurred from Old
Age, and all these were persons over 65 years of age. The
number of deaths due to this cause in 1935 was 74.
173 deaths were due to violence, 120 of them being due to
accidents, 46 to suicide, and seven to other forms of violence.
Insulin Treatment.
This service was commenced by the Council in 1928 with
the sanction of the Ministry of Health. There are now four
persons receiving treatment.
The cost to the Council for the year 1936 was £19 7s. Od.
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 274 persons dying in the Borough,
and on 186 Borough residents who died outside the Borough.