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The following is the Registrar-General's abridged list of causes of
death in this district: —
Male Female
Resp. tuberculosis 20 14
Other tuberculosis 1 3
Syphilitic disease 5 0
Diphtheria 0 0
Whooping Cough 1 0
Meningococcal infections
0 0
Acute poliomyelitis 1 0
Measles 0 0
Other infective diseases
2 0
Cancer of stomach 32 24
Cancer of lung 71 20
Cancer of breast 0 42
Cancer of uterus 0 10
Cancer of other sites 96 91
Leukæmia 3 5
Diabetes 3 5
Vascular diseases of
nervous system 89 138
Coronary disease 188 83
Hypertension 22 37
Other circulatory
diseases 42 48
Male Female
Other heart diseases 104 142
Influenza 3 3
Pneumonia 39 33
Bronchitis 70 44
Other respiratory
diseases 15 1
Peptic ulcer 17 9
Gastritis, enteritis 4 4
Nephritis 10 9
Hyperplasia of prostate
20 0
Pregnancy, etc. 0 4
Congenital malformation
15 11
Other diseases 64 84
Motor vehicle accidents
13 2
Other accidents 57 23
Suicide 14 10
Homicide 0 0
Total 1,021 899
The number of deaths, 1,890, was a marked fall on the 2,094 of the
previous year which was the largest number of deaths recorded for this
district.
The death rate was 8 7 per thousand population. The rates for the
district for the year 1944 onwards were 9 3, 9 0, 8 6, 8.5, 8.9 and 9.5.
The rate for the country as a whole was 11.3. To offset the effect of
the population of a district having a different age and sex constitution
from that of the country as a whole, the Registrar-General calculates a
comparative mortality index. When the death rate figure is multiplied
by this, a figure is obtained which would be the death rate for the district
if the age and sex distribution of the population were that of the country
as a whole. The index figure is 1.16. The adjusted death rate therefore
is 10.1, a figure well below that for the country as a whole.
Of the 1,890 deaths, 1,021 were of males and 899 were of females.
72 per cent. of the males who died had attained the age of 55, and 83 per
cent. of the females. The corresponding percentages for the previous
year were 58 and 70.
Infant Mortality.
62 infants died under one year of age. In the same year 2,855
babies were born. The infant mortality rate therefore was 21.7. The