AnnualReport-1937 — Page 553

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Causes of death,

Not only were the weekly mortality forms used in 1937 based upon the International List of Causes of Death of 1926, but the causes of death as recorded failed to coincide with the numbers given in that List.

Moreover, no distinction on a sex basis was made in the death returns for 1937. For these reasons, it is only possible to give the gross totals of deaths from various causes in Table LXXVIII appended.

Steps have been taken to revise the form of the mortality returns which will follow the International List of Causes of Death of 1931 in future years.

(1) DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (NON-TUBERCULOUS).

This group occupied the first place in the list of causes of death in 1937 and was responsible for 10,380 deaths. The ratio of deaths from bronchitis, broncho-pneumonia, pneumonia, etc., to deaths from all causes amounted to 300 per 1,000. The corresponding ratio of deaths from respiratory disease per thousand living persons was 10.3.