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Valvular disease was recorded in 18 of these deaths, the remaining
79 being associated with degeneration of the myocardium with
or without corresponding changes in the arterial system.
Eighty-four per cent. of the deaths from this cause were in
persons 55 years and over.
Cancer.
Cancer ranked second amongst the chief causes of death. Forty
males and 22 females, a total of 62 persons, died from this cause.
This compares with 47 in the year before and the death rate for this
disease rises to 1.55 per thousand population.
The preponderance of fatality among males is noteworthy. The
average age at death from cancer was one year less than in the year
before.
The allocation of these deaths by wards is as follows:—

As in the year before the rate for the north-east ward was the
highest.
The classification of these deaths by sites affected is given in
Table 5.
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