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The distribution of the deaths according to wards, the
populations of which are far from accurately known, would prove
fallacious, and is therefore not set out in tabular form.
The table on page 13 indicates the causes of the 1,357 deaths
which have been assigned to the Borough. As in previous years,
heart disease and cancer are the predominating causes of death,
exactly 500 of the total deaths, or 37 per cent, coming under these
headings. Pulmonary tuberculosis, with 94 deaths, accounted for
the third highest number from an individual cause, while pneumonia,
with 66 deaths comes next. The group embracing congenital
debility, premature birth, etc., with 63 deaths unfortunately
stands much higher than usual, although the infant death-rate,
which is discussed later, shows that there has been no serious
increase in child mortality.
The deaths from the various infectious diseases are commented
upon in a later section of this report, but it will be seen in the
following table that in 1935, compared with 1934, there was an
increase from 8 to 15 in the deaths from diphtheria, and a decrease
from 26 to 17 in the deaths from influenza, and an entire absence
of deaths due to measles compared with seven in the previous
year.