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In Table IV are indicated the total deaths from the various
diseases. It will be seen that cancer was responsible for 141 deaths,
giving a cancer death-rate of 1.53; that heart disease caused 146
deaths, giving a death-rate of 1.59, and that bronchitis and
pneumonia accounted for 118 deaths, or a death-rate of 1.28.
Of the infectious diseases, measles caused five deaths, giving
a death-rate of .05 per thousand of population; diphtheria one
death, giving a death rate of .01; influenza 25 deaths, giving
a death-rate of .27; tuberculosis 79 deaths, giving a death-rate of
.86 per thousand of population. There were no deaths from
whooping cough or scarlet fever.
table iv.
Causes of Death, 1926.
Cause of Death.
Male
Female
Total
Enteric Fever
-
-
-
Smallpox
—
—
—
Measles
3
2
5
Scarlet Fever
—
—
—
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
Diphtheria
—
1
1
Influenza
10
15
25
Encephalitis Lethargica
1
—
1
Meningococcal Meningitis
—
—
—
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System
39
31
70
Other Tuberculous Diseases
4
5
9
Cancer, Malignant Disease
68
73
141
Rheumatic Fever
2
3
5
Diabetes
3
6
9
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.
22
47
69
Heart Disease
58
88
146
Arterio-Sclerosis
25
28
53
Bronchitis
33
32
65
Pneumonia (all forms)
26
27
53
Other Respiratory Diseases
4
4
8
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum
10
4
14
Diarrhoea, etc. (Under 2 years)
2
3
5
Appendicitis and Typhlitis
4
1
5
Cirrhosis of Liver
3
1
4
Acute and Chronic Nephritis
9
12
21
Puerperal Sepsis
—
1
1
Other Accidents and Diseases of
Pregnancy and Parturition
-
3
3
Congenital Debility and Malformation,
Premature Birth
24
19
43
Suicide
16
—
16
Other Deaths from Violence
16
7
23
Other Defined Diseases
78
116
194
Causes ill-defined or unknown
—
—
—
Total
460
529
989