Figures published by the Government Statistician show that heart disease takes the biggest death toll in the Dominion, cancer ranking second. During 1926, there were 2059 deaths from heart disease compared with 1931 in 1925, 1858 iii 1924 2023 in 1923, and 18891 in 1922. Deaths from cancer during 1926 totalled 1341, compared with 1207 in>l92s, 1245 in 1924, 1115 in 1923, and 1066 in 1922, Tuberculosis of the respiratory system accounted for 592 deaths last year, the figures for the preceding four years being respectively 560, 573, 619, and 594. There were only 11 deaths from infantile paralysis last year, compared with 173 in 1925. Whooping cough claimed 108 victims in 1926, compared with 16 in 1925, and influenza 288, compared with 86.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3818, 17 May 1927, Page 34
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