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A special section of the report is given to a consideration of phthisis, but it may
be pointed out now that though the number of deaths from this cause is greater by 39
than that for 1910, it only exceeds the total for 1909 by 13.
Respiratory Diseases.
The conditions placed in this group are bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, pneumonia,
pleurisy and certain other diseases of the organs of respiration. The total number of
deaths due to these in 1911—338—was higher by 68 than 1910, when 270 were
registered. The death rate was 3'04 as against 2.24 per 1,000 in 1910.
Of the total, 185 resulted from bronchitis mainly amongst persons of 65 years of
age and over, and 135 from pneumonia and broncho-pneumonia. The heaviest
mortality from respiratory diseases was noted in the last quarter of the year.
Cancer or Malignant Disease.
There is very little difference between the figure for 1911 and that of the two
previous years, the total number of deaths being 161, as against 156, and the death rate
1.4, as against 1.2 per 1,000. The following tables are arranged to show the age at
which death occurred and the parts of the body affected by the growth. The figures
for males and females are shown separately.