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While the greater number of deaths in this age period is still
attributable to congenital causes, yet there was in 1936 an extraordinary
large number of deaths due to gastro-intestinal disorders.
These deaths were distributed fairly evenly throughout
the whole of the year, with the exception of a small outbreak
occurring in the wards of one of the local hospitals in JanuaryFebruary.
This was investigated by the Medical Officer of Health
in conjunction with the officials of the hospital concerned. It
would appear from an analysis of the deaths notified as due to
"Gastro-enteritis" that many of these cases were not a true infective
gastro-enteritis, but rather a gastro-enteritis secondary to
some other disorder or disease.
Deaths amongst Children from 1—5 years of age.
During 1936 there were ,113 deaths in the age period 1—5
years, of which number 59 occurred between 1—2 years of age,
and 54 from 3—5 years.
Table Shewing Causes of Death 1—5 years of age.
Pneumonia, Bronchitis, other Respiratory Diseases 19
Diarrhoea, Digestive Diseases, etc. 9
Nephritis 1
Heart Disease 1
Tuberculosis (all forms) 8
Infectious Diseases 59
(a) Measles, 39.
(b) Scarlet Fever, 1.
(c) Whooping Cough, 9
(d) Diphtheria, 8.
(e) Influenza, 1.
(f) Cerebro-spinal Fever, 1.
Violence 9
Other defined Diseases 7
Total 113
There is an increase of 16 deaths in this age-period compared
with the number for 1935, viz. 97. This may be attributed chiefly
to the large number of deaths due to measles occurring in the
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