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15.
Diseases of the heart as in 1929 took first place;
400 deaths were certified as due to this cause in 1930 as
compared with 291 during the previous year.
Cancer came next with 242 deaths in 1930, seven
more than in 1929.
There was a decrease in the mortality from pneumonia
as the deaths fell from 249 in 1929 to 148 in
1930. Tuberculosis took fourth place in 1930 causing
134 deaths, whereas in 1929 the number was 173.
An endeavour has been made in the Council's
Health propaganda to devote special attention to health
education regarding the prevention of these diseases.
There was a remarkable fall in the mortality from
bronchitis which in 1929 was responsible for 278 deaths
and only 43 in the year 1930.
The following figures show the number of deaths
from the common diseases classified according to the
organs of the body affected.
There were 332 deaths in 1930 from diseases of the
respiratory organs, equal to 19.84 per cent. of the total
deaths. This number was made up as follows:—
Pneumonia 148, Tuberculosis of the lungs 118, Bronchitis
43 and other respiratory diseases 23. A large
number of the deaths from bronchitis (60 per cent.)
were in persons over 65 years of age. In the case of the
deaths from pneumonia 30 per cent. were in persons
over 65 years of age and 23 per cent. were in children
under two years of age.
Diseases of the organs of circulation caused 470
deaths in 1930, or 28.09 per cent. of the total, including
400 from heart diseases and 70 from Arterio-Sclerosis,
but including haemorrhage into the brain the deaths
from circulatory diseases were 539.
Seventy persons died of inflammation of the kidneys
(nephritis and Bright's disease).