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due to sepsis, and three to other conditions associated with
childbirth. The maternal mortality rate for all causes was
1.56 per 1,000 total births. The corresponding figure for the
previous year was 2.00.
DEATHS FROM RESPIRATORY DISEASES. This
group of diseases covers diseases of the nasal passages, diseases
of the larynx, bronchitis, all forms of pneumonia, pleurisy
(including empyema), asthma, congestion and emphysema of the
lungs. During the year 1946 the number of deaths from this
group of diseases was 268, of which 173 were of males and 95
of females. The rate per 1,000 of the population was 1.63.
Bronchitis constituted the highest cause of deaths in this group,
the number being 171 (116 males and 55 females). Pneumonia
caused 79 deaths, of which 46 were of males and 33 of females.
DEATHS FROM CIRCULATORY DISEASES. The
deaths from this group of diseases number 513, of which 264
were of males and 249 of females. The rate per 1,000 of the
population was 3.13. Of the total 513 deaths, 444 (227 males
and 217 females) were attributed to heart diseases.
DEATHS FROM CANCER. Deaths from cancer and
other malignant tumours during the year numbered 274—males
139, females 135, giving a rate of 1.67 per 1,000 population as
compared with 2.11 for 1945.
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS. During the year the
number of deaths ascribed by the Registrar-General to all forms
of tuberculosis was 132, of which 81 were males and 51 females.
The number of deaths due to tuberculosis of the respiratory
system—including pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis of
the larynx—was 122, of which 76 were deaths of males and 46
of females. The death rate for all forms of tuberculosis was
0.80, as compared with 0.90 for the year 1945.
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