International
List of Causes of Death, 1931
M 161
Table XIV.
Diseases.
I. INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES
Deaths
Males Females Persons 1 Typhoid fever 92 71 163 6 Smallpox:- (a) Variola major 7 7 7. Measles 10 4 14 8 Diphtheria 12 13 9 Cholera 54 67 121 10 Dysentery:- (a) Amoebic 6 6 (b) Bacillary 10 3 13 8 11 Cerebro-spinal fever 20 16 36 18 Tetanus 1 1 22 Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 244 118 362 23 Tuberculous meningitis 8 5 13 24 Tuberculosis of intestines and peritoneum 23 10 33 25 Disseminated tuberculosis 32 Leprosy 3 1 4 33 Syphilis:- (d) Tertiary 36 5 41 36 Purulent infection:- (a) Septicaemia N 38 38 Malaria (c) Sub-tertian 2 2 (d) Cachexia 100 34 134 3 3 6 2 1 3 44 Other infectious or parasitic diseases:- (d) Varicella 3 5 8 Carried forward 976 700 1,676