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It will be seen that 1,099 deaths or 59.1 per cent.
of the total deaths were caused by five diseases. Heart
diseases and Cancer more frequently head the list
than any other conditions.
Heart diseases as in the last two years have
taken first place; 455 deaths were certified as due to
this cause in 1931 as compared with 400 during the
previous year. Cancer came next with 228 deaths,
a decrease of 14 on 1930.
There was also an increase in the mortality from
pneumonia, the number rising from 148 in 1930 to 172
in 1931. Tuberculosis again took fourth place with
169 deaths as against 134 in 1930.
There was also an increase in the mortality from
bronchitis, the number of deaths being 75 as against
43 in 1930.
The following figures show the number of deaths
from the common diseases classified according to the
organs of the body affected.
Diseases of the organs of circulation caused 544
deaths in 1931, or 29.2 per cent. of the total, including
455 from heart diseases, 9 from aneurism and 80 from
other circulatory diseases. Including haemorrhage into
the brain, the deaths from circulatory diseases were
617.
There were 404 deaths in 1931 from diseases of the
respiratory organs, equal to 21.75 per cent. of the
total deaths. This number is made up as follows:—
Pneumonia 172, Tuberculosis of the lungs 146, Bronchitis
75, and other respiratory diseases 11. A large
number of the deaths from bronchitis (69.3 per cent.)
were in persons over 65 years of age. In the case of
deaths from pneumonia 31.9 per cent. were in persons
over 65 years of age and 23.8 per cent. were in children
under two years of age.
Seventy-three persons died from nephritis and
33 from Influenza (compared with 16 during 1930).