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MATERNAL MORTALITY. The number of mothers
who died in childbirth during 1947 was 10. _Six of these deaths
were due to sepsis and four to other conditions associated with
childbirth. The maternal mortality rate for the year was 2.14
per 1,000 total births, as compared with a rate of 1.56 for 1946.
DEATHS FROM RESPIRATORY DISEASES. This
group covers diseases of the nasal passages and the larynx,
bronchitis, all forms of pneumonia, pleurisy (including empyema),
asthma, congestion and emphysema of the lungs. During the
year the number of deaths from this group of diseases was 337,
of which 208 were of males and 129 were of females. The rate
per 1,000 of the population was 1.96. Bronchitis constituted
the highest cause of death in this group, the number being
189 (133 males and 56 females). Pneumonia caused 133 deaths,
of which 66 were of males and 67 of females.
DEATHS FROM CIRCULATORY DISEASES. The
deaths from this group of diseases numbered 773, of which 405
were of males and 368 of females. The rate per 1,000 of the
population was 4.49. Of the total 595 deaths, 535 (295 males
and 240 females) were attributed to heart diseases.
DEATHS FROM CANCER. Deaths from cancer and
other malignant tumours during the year numbered 305—males
168, females 137—giving a death rate of 1.77 per 1,000 of the
population, as compared with 1.67 for 1946.
DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS.- During the year the
number of deaths attributed to all forms of tuberculosis was 122,
of which 72 were of males and 50 were of females. The
number of deaths due to tuberculosis of the respiratory system—
including pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis of the larynx—
was 109, of which 65 were of males 44 of females.
The death rate for all forms of tuberculosis was 0.71, as
compared with 0.80 for the year 1946.
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