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Considering the deaths at all ages the chief causes are seen to be as
follows:—Heart disease, 247 (201 per cent); Cancer, 122 (99 per cent);
Tuberculosis, all forms, 106 (8 6 per cent); Pneumonia, all forms, 138 (112
per cent). The number of deaths due to accidents in connection with
vehicular traffic was 22. In the years 1920 to 1930, inclusive, the corresponding
figures were respectively 16, 10, 12, 9, 15, 14, 16, 21, 15, 18 and
21. The particulars regarding the deaths from cancer are contained in the
table on page 25.
It will be noted from the Table on page 18 that the chief causes of death
of children between the ages of one and two years were Measles and Pneumonia—these
two causes accounted for 24 out of a total of 52 deaths between
these ages.
Altogether 208 or 16 9 per cent of the total number of deaths of all ages
were of children under the age of 5 years.
The particulars regarding deaths from Tuberculosis are given in the
section of this report devoted to that disease.