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NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from cancer and malignant disease
was 707, the number of males being 329 and females 378.
The death-rate was 2.11 per 1,000. The number of deaths in
1949 was 27 less than in 1948.
1,482 deaths occurred from disease of the heart and circulatory
system compared with 1,251 in 1948. 1,201 of these deaths
were of persons of 65 years of age and above.
There were 502 deaths from diseases of the respiratory system
compared with 444 in 1948. The number from bronchitis was
294 compared with 242 in 1948, and from pneumonia (all forms),
163 compared with 151 in 1948. Further particulars relative to
pneumonia are given on page 14.
100 deaths, 59 males and 41 females, were registered as due
to premature birth and developmental diseases, compared with 122
in 1948.
148 deaths were due to violence, 32 of them being due to
accidents, 40 to suicide and 76 to other forms of violence.
INQUESTS.
Inquests were held on 78 persons who died in the Borough
and on 117 Borough residents who died elsewhere.
Twenty-seven verdicts of death from natural causes were returned
and 122 of accidental death; there were 40 suicides, five
open verdicts and one of chronic alcoholism.