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RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
The number of deaths due to bronchitis, pneumonia, and other diseases of the
organs of respiration was 211. This is lower by 95 than the figure (306) for 1926.
The death rate was 1.89 per 1,000. In 1926 the rate was 2.6.
The number of deaths certified to be due to bronchitis was 86, as against 160
in 1926. Of this number 60 were amongst persons aged 65 and upwards, and 19
amongst those of the age group 45—65.
The deaths attributed to pneumonia numbered 105, and as in the case of
bronchitis the later age groups contributed the greatest numbers, though 17 of the
deaths occurred amongst children under 2 years of age.
The number of cases of pneumonia notified was 45. Of the patients 20 were
aged 25—45, the other aged periods contributing smaller numbers. Further
particulars with regard to distribution of the cases, both in relation to age and
residence will be found in the table on page 65.
CANCER OR MALIGNANT DISEASE.
The number of deaths due to cancer was 149, and the death rate 1.4 per
1,000 of the population. These figures are lower than those for 1926, when the
total was 170 and the death rate 1.51 per 1,000 of the population.
Information with regard to the age at which death occurred and situation of
the disease, is given in the following tables:—