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The deaths of persons aged from 45 to 55 years numbered 190, of which 43
were due to consumption, 14 to cancer, 8 to apoplexy, 2 to general paralyses of
the insane, 26 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 18 to bronchitis,
20 to pneumonia, 17 to diseases of the digestive organs, of which 10 resulted from
cirrhosis of the liver, 17 to Bright's disease, and 5 to violence, 3 of which were due
to suicide.
Of 235 deaths amongst persons aged from 55 to 65 years, 26 were attributed
to consumption, 24 to cancer, 5 to old age, 19 to apoplexy, 4 general paralyses of
the insane, 38 to diseases of the heart and circulatory organs, 37 to bronchitis,
20 to pneumonia, 5 to cirrhosis of the liver, 25 to Bright's disease, and 6 to violence,
of which 4 were the results of suicidal acts.
Of 222 deaths amongst persons aged from 65 to 75 years, 8 were due to consumption,
18 to cancer, 28 to old age, 17 to apoplexy, 30 to diseases of the heart and
circulatory organs, 53 to bronchitis, 12 to pneumonia, 21 to Bright's disease, and
6 to violence through falls.
Of 145 persons who died aged from 75 to 85 years, in 8 instances death was
attributed to cancer, in 74 to old age, 11 to apoplexy, 20 to bronchitis, 3 to Bright's
disease, and 6 to violence through falls.
Of the persons who died 85 years and upwards, 1 died from cancer, 21 from
old age, 1 from valvular heart disease, and 3 from bronchitis.
The chief causes of death during the year were: tuberculosis which accounted
for 290 deaths, including 217 attributed to consumption or phthisis, pneumonia
which caused 208, bronchitis 184, old age 128, diseases of the heart and circulatory
organs 166, measles 126, diarrhoea and enteritis 99, cancer 79, prematurity 76,
Bright's disease and acute nephritis 83, apoplexy 61, atrophy debility and marasmus
68, whooping cough 42, alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver 27, and violence 88
deaths.
Of the 79 deaths from cancer 35 were of males and 44 of females. Fourteen
persons under 45 years and 9 over 75 were certified to have died from cancer. In
addition 9 deaths, 3 of males and 6 of females, were certified as being due to malignant
disease or sarcoma. Probably some of those attributed to malignant disease were
the result of cancer. The death-rate from cancer was 0.72 per 1,000 population and
was again above the average. The rates for previous years arc as follows:—0.72 in