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Table VI. —Causes of Death, 1945

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Causes. Auckland. Kingseat. Tokanui. Porirua. Nelson. I. —General Diseases Tuberculosis — M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. General 0 2 2 Lungs 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 3 2 i 3 4 0 4 Cancer 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 Toxaemia .. .. 1 3 4 0 4 4 Bacillary dysentary 0 1 1 Diabetes 112 Typhoid 0 2 2 Septicaemia 112 Graves disease Oil 1 '6 1 Diphtheria Congenital inanition 3 0 3 Ascariasis II. —Diseases of the Nervous System 12 3 Exhaustion * ' o i i Exhaustion of mania 12 3 4 0 4 Exhaustion of melancholia .. 0 1 1 oil General paralysis of the insane 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 7 i 8 Cerebral haemorrhage 6 5 11 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 Cerebral thrombosis 2 0 2 6 2 8 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 2 Epilepsy 1 0 1 2 13 10 1 11 Post encephalitic Parkinsonism i i 2 10 1 Organic brain disease o i 1 Oil Meningitis 0 1 1 Hemiplegia 10 1 Huntingdon's chorea 10 1 III.—Diseases oe the Respiratory System Pneumonia — Broncho 16 8 24 1 1 2 5 4 9 3 4 7 3 0 3 Hypostatic 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 Lobar 0 2 2 2 3 5 Bronchitis.. o i 1 1 *4 5 2 3 5 Pulmonary oedema IV. —Diseases oe the Circulatory System Heart disease 11 15 26 12 4 16 4 3 7 27 6 33 7 3 10 A^terio-sclerosis 1 1 2 0 1 1 V. —Diseases of the Digestive System Enteritis .. 0 3 3 0 1 1 5 6 11 9 6 15 8 3 11 Intestinal obstruction 0 2 2 1 0 1 Hepatitis .. Gastric ulcer 10 1 ). Peritonitis •• VI. —Diseases oe the Urinary System Uraemia Nephritis 1 0 1 Cystitis VII.—Old Age Senile decay 1 1 2 14 5 4 7 11 4 10 14 8 10 18 VIII. —External Causes Head injury 0 1 1 1 0 1 Suicide 1 0 1 1 '6 1 Asphyxia IX.—Died whilst on probation 2 3 5 12 3 6 2 8 1 0 1 Totals 49 61 110 27 18 45 26 37 63 74 45 119 50 24 74