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Causes of Death. The chief causes of death were as
follows:—Premature birth and debility, 49; Pneumonia, 16;
Bronchitis, 3; Diarrhoea, 8; Tuberculosis, 4. Three deaths
occurred from Measles and 1 from Whooping Cough. In
1925, the corresponding figures were as follows:—Premature
birth and debility, 58; Pneumonia, 18; Bronchitis, 10;
Diarrhoea, 5; Tuberculosis, 9; Measles, 3; Whooping Cough,
7. Compared with 1925, the fall in the rate is almost wholly
due to fewer deaths amongst children over four weeks. The
chief causes of the neo-natal deaths (i.e., those under 4
weeks) were developmental diseases, death in 30 instances
being certified as due to prematurity.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children. The number of deaths
of illegitimate infants was 9. A comparison of the infantile
mortality rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants shows
that the rate for legitimate was 41 and for illegitimate 130.
Tables are set out in the following pages which classify
in various ways the causes of death during 1926, followed by
two Tables which show the death rates from stated groups
of diseases in each five-yearly period since 1901, and a comparative
study of the causes of death in 1923 and 1926.