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The cancer death rate per 1,000 of the population was 1.74.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT ALL AGES.
Year 1936. Registrar General's figures.
Causes of Death.
Males.
Females.
Total.
All causes
273
304
577
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
-
-
-
2. Measles
1
—
1
3. Scarlet Fever
—
-
-
4. Whooping Cough
1
—
1
5. Diphtheria
—
—
—
6. Influenza
6
5
11
7. Encephalitis Lethargica
—
—
—
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever
—
—
—
9. Tuberculosis of fespiratory system
17
17
34
10. Other tubercular diseases
2
1
3
11. Syphilis
1
—
1
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis
—
2
2
13. Cancer, malignant disease
42
45
87
14. Diabetes
4
5
9
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.
10
17
27
16. Heart disease
62
106
168
17. Aneurysm
2
—
2
18. Other circulatory diseases
12
16
28
19. Bronchitis
9
3
12
20. Pneumonia (all forms)
15
17
32
21. Other respiratory diseases
3
2
5
22. Peptic ulcer
7
1
8
23. Diarrhcea, etc. (under 2 years)
2
3
5
24. Appendicitis
1
3
4
25. Cirrhosis of liver
2
2
26. Other diseases of the liver, etc.
-
2
2
27. Other digestive diseases
10
4
14
28. Acute and chronic nephritis
5
5
10
29. Puerperal sepsis
—
—
—
30. Other puerperal causes
—
1
1
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.
17
7
24
32. Senility
4
1
5
33. Suicide
4
3
7
34. Other violence
12
7
19
35. Other defined diseases
23
30
53
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown
—
-
—
Deaths from Infectious Diseases.
Disease
1936
1935
Number
Rate per
1000 of
population.
Number
Rate per
1000 of
population.
Measles
1
0.02
—
—-
Whooping cough
1
002
—
—
Scarlet fever
—
—
1
0.02
Diphtheria
—
—
3
0.06
Typhoid fevers
—
—
—
—
Influenza
11
0.22
8
0.17
Tuberculosis (pul.)
34
0.68
27
0.57
The death rates from infectious diseases generally were low, and it is particularly gratifying
to note that no death occurred as the result of Diphtheria, this being the first year since 1918
during which no case of diphtheria terminated fatally.
Puerperal Death.
Only one woman died from a cause associated with pregnancy, and this death was not
caused by puerperal sepsis.
The maternal deaths during the past six years have resulted from the following causes :—
1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
From sepsis — 1 — 2 2 —
Other causes 1 3 — — 2 1
Infant Deaths.
Nett deaths of infants under 1 year of age 39
Infant death rate per 1,000 live births 49.4
Infant death rate per 1,000 legitimate births 49.0
Infant death rate per 1,000 illegitimate births 57.1
No. of deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years) 5.0
Death rate from diarrhoea (under 2 years) per 1,000 live births 6.3