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Table showing Summary of Causes of Death registered
during the year ended 31st December, 1948.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Male
Female
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
—
—
2. Cerebrospinal fever
—
—
3. Scarlet fever
—
—
4. Whooping cough
—
—
5. Diphtheria
—
—
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system
5
1
7. Other form of tuberculosis
1
1
8. Syphlitic diseases
—
—
9. Influenza
1
—
10. Measles
—
—
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis
—
—
12. Acute Infantile encaphalitis
—
—
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M)
Uterus (F)
-
3
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum
4
2
15. Cancer of breast
—
4
16. Cancer of all other sites
15
5
17. Diabetes
1
1
18. Intracranial vascular lesions
12
9
19. Heart disease
47
24
20. Other diseases of circulatory system
4
4
21. Bronchitis
9
3
22. Pneumonia
5
5
23. Other respiratory diseases
—
2
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum
3
—
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years
—
—
26. Appendicitis
—
—
27. Other digestive diseases
2
2
28. Nephritis
2
3
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis
—
—
30. Other maternal causes
—
—
31. Premature birth
1
—
32. Congenital malformation, birth injuries, infant
disease
2
2
33. Suicide
—
—
34. Road traffic accident
1
1
35. Other violent causes
3
1
36. All other causes
11
3
All causes Total
129
76
Population.
As will be seen from the summary of statistics the
Registrar General has estimated the population for this
mid-year 1948 to be 27,190. This is an increase of 580
over last year's figure.
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