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Deaths from Cancer
Of the 1,925 deaths of residents in this district, 362 were due to
cancer, which caused 18% of the deaths of males and 19% of those of
females.
Of the deaths from this cause amongst males, in 63 the site was the
lung (69 in 1951 and 71 in 1952) and 15 (32 in 1952) in the stomach. Of
the deaths amongst females the site was the breast in 26 (42 in 1952), 24
the stomach, 12 the lung (20 in 1952) and the uterus in 17.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases
Infections other than tuberculosis again caused very few deaths,
there being only one each from measles, meningococcal infection and
poliomyelitis, and none from diphtheria, scarlet fever, or whooping cough.
Influenza in the earlier months of the year caused a number of deaths,
more especially in the aged.