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Percentage of Deaths from certain causes to the
total number of Deaths :—
Diseases of the heart and circulation 27.7
Cancer and malignant disease 14.9
Diseases of lungs (not tuberculous) 6.2
Tuberculous diseases 5.9
Cerebral hemorrhage 5.l
Congenital diseases 6.6
Suicide and violence 1.1
Diseases of the digestive system 4.6
Infectious diseases 3.3
Diseases of the kidney 2.2
Senility 2. 6
Other defined causes 19.8
The number of Deaths, from the common infectious
diseases were:—Measles 0, Diphtheria 1, Scarlet
Fever 0, Whooping Cough 0, and Influenza 17.
Maternal Mortality.—There was one death from
puerperal sepsis. Two deaths from haemorrhage were
related to morbid conditions of the placenta. There
was one death from eclampsia.
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Deaths from—
Pueperal Sepsis
1
Other Puerperal causes
3
Total
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Death-rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births
485
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate
live births
40-7
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births
224 5
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)
108
„ Measles (all ages)
0
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) ...
2
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years, of age)
2
Infantile Mortality.—The death rate was 485 per
1,000 live births. The majority of deaths was due to
premature birth and congenital debility.