Table: TABLE IV.Causes of Death during the Year 1943.
TABLE IV.
Causes of Death during the Year 1943.
| No. | Cause of Death. | Males | Females | Total |
|---|
| 1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 1 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Tuberculosis Respir. System | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| 7 | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Influenza | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 10 | Measles | — | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Ac. Polio-myel. and polioencephalitis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Ac. inf. encephalitis | — | — | — |
| 13 | Cancer of buc. cav. and oesoph. (M) uterus (F) | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 42 | 32 | 74 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 18 | 19 | 37 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 72 | 63 | 135 |
| 20 | Other dis. of circ. system | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | Ulcer of stom. or duodenum | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 29 | Puer. and post abort, sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | — | — | — |
| 31 | Premature birth | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 32 | Con. mal. birth inj. inf. dis. | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 33 | Suicide | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 34 | Road traffic accident | 3 | — | 3 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 36 | All other cause | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Total all causes | 304 | 271 | 575 |
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