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Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 135
" " Measles 1
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 4
Percentage of Deaths from certain causes to the
total number of Deaths
Diseases of the heart and circulation 31.1
Cancer and malignant disease 17.1
Diseases of lungs (not tuberculous) 11.0
Tuberculous Diseases 6.1
Cerebral haemorrhage 9.9
Congenita] Diseases 4.3
Suicide and violence 2.2
Diseases of the digestive system 5.9
Infectious diseases 1.3
Diseases of the kidney 2.5
Other defined causes 8.6
The number of deaths from the common infectious
diseases were:- Measles 1. Diphtheria 1, Scarlet
Fever 0, Whooping Cough 0, and Influenza 3.
MATERNAL MORTALITY:- The maternal mortality rate was
lower at 2.54 per 1000 total births. The rate for England
and Wales was 2.01 per 1000 total births. Of the three deaths
two were due to Eclampsia and Post partum haemorrhage, and
one from rupture of a congenital aneucism of the left renal
artery during childbirth.
INFANTILE MORTALITY:- The infantile mortality rate was
38.69 per l000 live births, a rate similar to that of the
previous year. The rate for England and Wales was 49 per
1000 live births. The forty five deaths of children under
one year were due to the following causes:-
Congenital Malformations 15
Prematurity 13
Broncho Pneumonia 4
Acute Bronchitis 3
Cerebral Haemorrhage 1
Gastro Enteritis 3
Misadventure 3
Other diseases of infancy 3
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