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Full details of the causes of death will be found in Table II in
the appendix to this report, but the following table, giving details of
certain causes of death in the Urban District during the past ten
years may prove of interest:—
Disease.
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
Cancer (all sites)
85
108
108
134
131
131
158
172
159
169
Cancer of the lung,
bronchus
9
19
25
23
34
33
38
48
33
43
Heart and Circulatory
Diseases
293
285
320
262
264
284
328
348
321
382
Respiratory diseases (excluding
Tuberculosis)
77
81
44
79
135
88
119
107
110
90
Tuberculosis
11
10
5
6
7
4
4
4
3
3
Infectious Diseases
2
4
1
2
1
1
3
3
1
3
Road Accidents
4
5
8
6
6
5
10
12
13
12
Other Accidents
6
3
2
8
10
8
10
6
8
6
Continuing the general trend over the last decade, deaths from
lung cancer show an increase compared with last year, the figure of 43
deaths being the second highest in the series. It is worth recalling
that 90 per cent, of deaths from this disease could be prevented, if
the lessons learned from our present knowledge of the dangers of
smoking were fully applied.
Deaths from tuberculosis and infectious diseases in general,
remained at a very low level, and are now always exceeded by the
accidental deaths.