Table: TABLE I.Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General for the year 1933.
TABLE I.
Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General for the year 1933.
Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. |
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All Causes | 354 | 386 |
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - |
2. Measles | — | — |
3. Scarlet Fever | — | 2 |
4. Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | 7 | 2 |
6. Influenza | 15 | 13 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 |
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — |
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 23 | 26 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 5 | 1 |
11. Syphilis | — | — |
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 4 | 1 |
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 41 | 44 |
14. Diabetes | 3 | 8 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 16 | 14 |
16. Heart Disease | 78 | 114 |
17. Aneurysm | 3 | 1 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 12 | 17 |
19. Bronchitis | 8 | 16 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 30 | 27 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 3 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 6 | 1 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 6 | 1 |
24. Appendicitis | 5 | 4 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 2 |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | 4 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 8 | 7 |
28. Acute and chronic Nephritis | 12 | 12 |
29. Puerperal Sepsis | - | 3 |
30. Other Puerperal causes | — | 2 |
31. Congenital debility, premature, birth, malformations, etc. | 13 | 7 |
32. Senility | — | 10 |
33. Suicide | 3 | 3 |
34. Other violence | 16 | 14 |
35. Other defined diseases | 29 | 25 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) |
Small-pox | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — |
Polioencephalitis | — | — |
Deaths of Infants under 1 year— |
Total | 30 | 9 |
Legitimate | 28 | 5 |
Illegitimate | 2 | 4 |
Live Births |
Total | 416 | 427 |
Legitimate | 406 | 404 |
Illegitimate | 10 | 23 |
Still-births |
Total | 17 | 15 |
Legitimate | 17 | 13 |
Illegitimate | — | 2 |
population | 62,970 |