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The number of deaths from all forms of pneumonia was
250, of which 146 were of males and 104 of females. The death
rate from all forms of pneumonia was 0.96 per 1,000 of the population.
From Table XV. it is seen that the death rates from all
forms of pneumonia have not shown any great variation during
the last forty years. During the period 1916-1920 the influenza
epidemic was accompanied by an increased death rate from other
forms of pneumonia. If this period is excluded, the crude rates
seem to suggest that there is a slight downward trend in the rates.
During the whole of the period studied the local rates have been
higher than the national rates, and the excess has on the whole
been most marked in those years in which influenza was prevalent.
The death rates for males are consistently higher than the corresponding
female rates.
BRONCHITIS.
The number of deaths which were due to bronchitis was
160, of which 84 were of males and 76 of females. This gives a
death rate of 0.62 per 1,000 of the population. The corresponding
number of deaths for the year 1936 was 134, which gives a death
rate of 0.52. This disease is further discussed on page 96.
TROPICAL AND RARE DISEASES.
Under this general heading are included the following
diseases: cholera, plague, anthrax, rabies, relapsing fever and
continued fever. No cases of any of these diseases occurred in the
area during the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Puerperal pyrexia was defined in the Public Health (Notification
of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations,
1926, as " any febrile condition (other than a condition which is
required to be notified as puerperal fever) occurring in a woman
within twenty-one days after childbirth or miscarriage in which a
temperature of 100.4°F.(38°C.) or more has been sustained during
a period of twenty-four hours, or has recurred during that
period." Under the Public Health Act 1936 which came into force
on the 1st October, 1937, puerperal fever ceased to be notifiable,
and on and after that date any condition which would have been
notified previously as puerperal fever was to be notified as
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