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to Heart Disease, although contributory illnesses, such as Influenza
and Bronchitis, showed a decline. There is a distinct tendency for
this cause of death to become more prominent in late years. It is
difficult to ascertain the relative importance of some change in
certification of deaths, with the possibility of an actual increase in
the number of damaged hearts. Probably both factors enter into
the calculations. (4) The marked decline in the death rate from
Bronchitis and Pneumonia. This is probably a result of a mild
winter and the absence of any epidemic of influenza. (5) The
decline in the number of deaths from Nephritis.
1930 was, on the whole, a very healthy year. The total death
rate is the lowest but one—that of 1923—yet recorded.
Causes of Death.
The chief causes of death during 1930 were:— Organic heart
disease, 375 deaths, deatli-rate 1.69; Cancer, 339 deaths, deathrate
1.52; All forms of Tuberculosis, 175 deaths, death-rate 0.78;
Pneumonia (including influenzal pneumonia), 210 deaths, deathrate
0.94; Arterio-sclerosis and Cerebral Haemorrhage, 236 deaths,
death-rate 1..06.

The greatest single group of causes of death as in 1929 was
diseases of the Circulatory system, and of this group Organic Heart