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Total M. F.
Deaths 544 257 287
Crude death rate per 1,00() of the estimated
resident population 10.78
Adjusted death rate (comparability factor 1.07) 11.53
CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1940.
M. F.
All causes 257 287
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
Cerebro-spinal Fever 1 1
Scarlet Fever
• Whooping Cough
Diphtheria — 1
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 18 5
Other forms of Tuberculosis 1 2
Syphilitic Diseases 4
Influenza 4 4
Measles
Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis
Acute infantile encephalitis
Cancer of b. cav. and cesoph. (M.)
Uterus (F.) 2 4
Cancer of stomach and duodenum 9 8
Cancer of breast — 6
Cancer of all other sites 27 28
Diabetes 1 1
lntra-cran. vascular lesions 14 30
Heart Disease 65 73
Other diseases of circulatory system 8 9
Bronchitis 12 13
Pneumonia 12 20
Other respiratory diseases 4 1
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 4 5
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1
Appendicitis 2
()ther Digestive Diseases 4 7
Nephritis ' ^
Puerperal and post-abort. Sepsis
Other maternal causes — 1
Premature Birth 6 4
Congenital malformations, birth injuries,
infantile diseases 3 6
Suicide --1 3
Road traffic accidents 9 2
Other violent causes 12 21
All other causes 22 22