Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo.
- Colombo (Sri Lanka). Public Health Department
- Date:
- [1939]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health / Municipality of Colombo. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![V.—Principal Causes of Deaths. Pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases, and tuberculosis were as usual the chief causes of deaths. A further decrease in the number of deaths from pneumonia was recorded, the figures for the last five years being as follows :— Year. Total Number of Deaths. Number of Deaths corrected for Non-residents. 1935 1,174 794 1936- 1,127 811 1937 1,298 859 1938 1,051 700 1939 919 641 Deaths from diarrhoeal diseases showed a slight increase. The deaths from pulmonery tuberculosis showed a decrease but the deaths from other forms of tuberculosis had increased. Bronchitis caused less deaths than in the previous year. Typhoid fever accounted for 269 deaths as against 163 for the previous year. (8) Principal Causes of Deaths, 1939. Cause of Death. Deaths. Pneumonia (including Broncho-Pneumonia) 919 Diarrhoea and Enteritis ... 766) Dysentery 145] Phthisis 542) Other Tuberculosis 104) Congenital Debility 532 Influenza 366 Malaria 318 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever 269 Bronchitis 190 911 646 (9) Certain Minor Causes of Deaths. Cause of Death. Number of Deaths. Cancer ... ... 170 Diabetes Mellitus ... ... 148 Ankylostomiasis ... ... 103 Rickets ... ... ... 69 Tetanus ... ... ••• 56 Rabies ... ... ••• 13 Diphtheria ... ... 9 Whooping Cough ... ... 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31495370_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
