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Table VI—Causes of Death, 1948

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Causes. Auckland. Kingseat. Raventhorpe. Tokanui. Levin Farm. Porirua. I —General Diseases M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T-. M. F. T. Tuberculosis — General 112 1 .. 1 Lungs 5 3 8 1 .. 1 4 4 Cancer .. .. 2 13 4 4 1 .. 1 1 . . 1 Toxaemia 1 1 Septicaemia Diabetes 1 1 Congenital debility i ! I Gangren i Malaria I .. I Hydrocephalus 1 .. 1 Splenic anaemia 1 1 Cholecystitis .. .. « 1 1 Henock's purpura Bacillary dysentery II—Diseases of the Nervous System Exhaustion Exhaustion of mania .. i i 1 1 Exhaustion of melancholia 1 1 1 1 General paralysis of the insane .. 2 2 Cerebral haemorrhage 14 5 4 1 5 12a Cerebral thrombosis 1 1 3 3 6 .. 2 2 1 1 Cerebral tumour Organic brain-disease 1 1 Epilepsy 1 ! 1 2 2 4r Neuro-syphilis 1 . . 1 Locomotor ataxia III —Diseases of the Respiratory System Pneumonia — 4 2 6 Broncho 15 18 33 2 2 4 7 4 11 Hypostatic 3 12 15 2 2 Lobar 1 1 1 1 1 1 Pulmonary— (Edema 1 1 ! Embolism IV —Diseases of the Circulatory System 5 11 16 Heart-disease 39 9 48 12 9 21 2 2 3 7 10 Arterio-sclerosis .. 2 2 2 2 2 7 9 V —Diseases of the Digestive System Peritonitis 1 .. 1 VI—Diseases of the Urinary System Uraemia 2 2 .. i l Nephritis 1 1 VII—OLD AGE 11 32 43 Senile decay 3 2 5 .. 1 1 9 8 17 VIII—External Causes Chronic morphinism 1 1 1 ! 1 Suicide 1 . . 1 Asphyxia by drowning .. i i Respiratory obstruction 1 1 Head injury IX —Died Whilst on 3 3 Probation 4 7 11 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 2 2 Totals 75 64 139 25 23 48 6 6 31 24 55 4 15 31 63 94