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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Table No. 11 shows that 197 deaths were due to Heart
Disease, 193 to Cancer, 160 to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 110
to Bronchitis, 97 to Pneumonia, 78 to Cerebral Haemorrhage,
59 to Congenital Debility and 59 to Arterio.sclerosis. There
were only 30 deaths from Influenza and 9 from Measles, compared
with 59 and 28 respectively in 1924. 65 per cent, of
all deaths occurred in persons over 45 years of age.
Tuberculosis and Infectious Fevers. These are referred to
in the section dealing with the notifiable infectious diseases.
Influenza. There were 30 deaths from Influenza, 17 males
and 13 females. Three deaths occurred in January, 10 in
February, 9 in March, 3 in April, 1 in May, 2 in June and 2 in
December.
Respiratory Diseases. The following Table No. 13 shows
the number of deaths each year since 1912 from respiratory
diseases, the annual death rate, the number of deaths under
5 years, and the percentage of deaths occurring in children
under 5 years of age. These diseases were most prevalent in
the lowdying districts of the Borough.