Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / Saint Vincent.

  • Saint Vincent. Medical Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / Saint Vincent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 2. Principal causes of death according to Quarters, 1937. Diseases. inter¬ national List No. 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter, j Totals. Enteric Group 1 4 3 1 i <8 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 23 4 7 8 7 26 Congenital Syphilis 34a • > «> 2 1 3 <> Ascariasis 42 13 14 12 15 54 Cancer (all forms) 4 5-o 3 6 9 2 4 21 Cerebral Haemorrhage 82« •> ») 3 4 i 11 Acute Bronchitis 1 Otic 8 1 •» .') 10 22 Bronchitis lOtir 2 3 4 1) Broncho-Pneumonia 107 3 4 6 14 27 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 119 &120« 3 16 10 29 Gastro Enteritis 119 & 120«:2 15 6 12 12 45 Congenital Debility BPS 7 6 24 24 61 Prematurity 159 *> • > 2 4 9 Senility 1623 30 23 28 18 99 Other forms of Senile Decay 1 (526 6 4 Q O 13 Marasmus ; 158 & 200:2 13 16 15 25 69 Malnutrition 158 & 200:2 5 4 9 10 28 Total Other Causes Grand Totals i 124 122 146 148 540 90 80 80 88 338 214 202 226 | 236 878 \ 1 t * TABLE 3. Deaths at different Age Groups—1937. Under 1 Year. 1 to 5 Years. 6 to 15 Years. 16 to 30 Years. 31 to 50 Years. 51 to 70 Years. 71 to 100 Years. 100 Years and Upwards. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 152 L21 104 64 17 14 20 O K OO 30 44 46 66 62 99 4 431 447 273 i 168 F 31 55 1 7 4 112 161 4 878