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6
General.
Cases of mal-nutrition among School Children noticeable
during the War are improving, though there is still a lack of
nourishing fats, sugar and milk, which must have an adverse
influence on the quickly growing child.
Cancer—There were 39 deaths from this disease, including 15
males, and 24 females, giving a mortality rate of 1.09 per 1,000,
compared with 1.07 in 1918.
Consumption—44 cases were notified in 1919, against 58 in
1918, and 54 in 1917.
Infantile Mortality—Ante-natal causes accounted for 22 deaths
out of a total of 46 infants under 1 year of age,
The Population was estimated by the R.G. as 37,193 for calculating
Birth Rate, and 35,704 for Death Rate figures, compared with
36,223 and 32,495, in 1917 and 1918.
The Birth Rate for 1919 is 13.7, and is steadily increasing,
compared with 12 in 1918, and 13.2 in 1917.
The Death Hate.—'The residential death is 8.4, but the nett
deaths belonging to the District give a rate of 9.5, compared with
12.4 in 1918, and 10.9 in 1917.
The Natural Increase (births minus deaths) is 162, compared
with 34 in 1918 and 125 in 1917.
The Infantile Mortality Rate works out at 89.6 for every 1,000
births, compared with 91 in 1918.
See Table III. at end of this Report, where it will be noticed
that 23 of the deaths were due to Ante-natal conditions and
largely non-preventable; one was due to suffocation, and under
"other causes" are included those found drowned or dead, without
any trace of identity. This subject has been dealt with more
fully later on (see page 8).
With regard to Cancer, the mortality rate has risen slightly.
Deaths among males include 3 over 40 years, 3 over 50 years, 5
over 60 years, and 4 over 70 years. Among females, 3 were over
30 years, 4 over 40 years, 2 over 50 years, 8 over 60 years, and 7
over 70 years.