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It will be seen that heart disease, as in the last seven years, heads the list; 470 deaths
were due to this cause compared with 479 during 1935- Sex distribution of these deaths was
208 males and 262 females- Of the total no less than 426 occurred in persons over the age
of 55 years-
Cancer came next as in the last 3 years with 250 deaths, an increase of 32 on the previous
year; 195 were in persons over 55-
Pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases together caused 213 deaths- The
age distribution is less marked in these deaths, deaths taking place in every age group though
with a preponderance in the groups aged 45 and over-
Tuberculosis caused 120 deaths, of which 107 (73 males and 34 females) were from
pulmonary tuberculosis- The death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis is 0-76 as compared with
the national rate of 0-58- The prevention of this disease depends in the main upon good
nutrition and good environmental conditions, the cure upon early diagnosis- The steady
year by year fall in mortality from this cause is one of the most satisfactory achievements
of public health and social work-
Cerebral haemorrhage is again a disease of the elderly, only 10 of the 70 deaths occurring
under the age of 55-
Influenza caused 16 deaths compared with 24 in 1935-
INFANTILE MORTALITY-
Of the 1,786 deaths of persons of all ages belonging to the Borough, 136 or 7-61 per
cent-, occurred in infants under one year of age-