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Table: TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1970.

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TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1970.

No. in Short List	Causes of Death	Deaths at Subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District												Deaths at all Ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District		Deaths of "Residents" in Public Institutions											Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents in Public Institutions in the District
		All Ages	Under 1		1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 35	35 and under 45	45 and under 55	55 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and upwards	GREENWICH	WOOLWICH	St. Alfege's Hospital	Seamen's Hospital	Miller Hospital	Herbert Military Hospital	Brook Hospital	St. Nicholas Hospital	Memorial Hospital	B.H.M.B	E. & M. Hospital	Other Institutions	Outside Institutions
		All Ages	Under 4	4 wks. and under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 35	35 and under 45	45 and under 55	55 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and upwards	GREENWICH	WOOLWICH	St. Alfege's Hospital	Seamen's Hospital	Miller Hospital	Herbert Military Hospital	Brook Hospital	St. Nicholas Hospital	Memorial Hospital	B.H.M.B	E. & M. Hospital	Other Institutions	Outside Institutions
1	Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2	Typhoid Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4	Enteritis and other Diarr-hoeal Diseases	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1
5	Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	7	3	3	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
6	Other Tuberculosis incl. late effects	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
7	Plague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
8	Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
9	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
10	Streptococcal sore throat and Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
11	Meningococcal Infection	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
12	Acute Poliomyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
13	Smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
14	Measles	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
15	Typhus and other Rickett-sioses	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
16	Malaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
17	Syphilis and its sequelae	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
18	All other Infective and Parasitic Diseases	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5
19	(1) Malignant Neoplasm Stomach	78	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	14	27	33	29	49	9	1	8		12	19	..	..	1	..	8	77
	(2) Malignant Neoplasm Lung, Bronchus	169	..	..	..	..	..	1	7	18	49	67	32	64	105	17	4	4	2	24	20	..	..	2		52	129
	(3) Malignant Neoplasm Breast	55	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	10	15	13	13	16	39	7	..	3	1	6	5	1	..	1	..	17	41
	(4) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	3	4	3	5	8	7	..	..	..	1	7	..	..	..	..	5	9
	(5) Leukaemia	20	..	1	2	1	2	..	1	..	5	4	4	5	15	3	..	1	..	4	1	..	..	..	..	10	20
	(6) Other Malignant Neoplasms etc.	271	..	..	2	..	1	3	4	18	66	84	93	101	170	30	4	15	2	42	32	4	..	10	2	71	256
20	Benign Neoplasms and unspecified Neoplasms	6	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	1	1	3	3	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	1	..	1	13
21	Diabetes	14	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	4	3	5	8	6	2	..	..	..	1	5	..	..	..	..	3	15
22	Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
23	Anaemias	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	5	2	5	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	8
24	Meningitis	4	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	5
25	Active Rheumatic Fever	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2
26	Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	6	8	10	14	12	27	2	1	1	..	15	3	..	..	1	1	6	48
27	Hypertensive disease	31	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	7	8	14	11	20	2	1	1	..	4	5	..	..	1	3	1	34
28	Ischaemic Heart Disease	605	..	..	..	..	1	..	5	50	112	179	258	207	398	81	6	17	1	113	103	6	..	2	21	69	621
29	Other Forms of Heart Disease	92	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	6	25	58	30	62	9	2	2	..	11	11	2	..	1	6	9	73
30	Cerebrovascular Disease	306	1	..	..	..	..	1	3	7	32	85	177	96	210	42	3	9	..	93	57	6	..	..	4	46	394
31	Influenza	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	2	..	7	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	11
32.	Pneumonia	283	..	2	1	..	..	2	2	5	17	51	203	86	197	49	..	1 1	..	55	37	38	..	4	11	40	353
33	(1) Bronchitis and Emphysema	191	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	27	68	91	61	130	22	6	2	2	43	32	1	..	2	7	30	202
	(2) Asthma	14	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	2	..	3	5	6	8	..	..	1	..	2	2	..	..	..	1	2	7
34	Peptic Ulcer	18	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	4	10	7	11		..	1	..	2	5	..	..	..	..	1	34
35	Appendicitis	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
36	Intestinal Obstruction and Hernia	8	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	4	1	7	1	..	..	1	2	3	..	..	..	..	..	16
37	Cirrhosis of Liver	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	2	1	3	4	1	..	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	3	10
38	Nephritis and Nephrosis	10	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3	3	3	5	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	11	9
39	Hyperplasia of Prostate	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	3	3	6	1	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	1	11
40	Abortion	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
41	Other complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
42	Congenital Anomalies	21	3	7	2	3	2	1	..	2	1	..	..	6	15	1	1	..	..	5	2	1	1	2	..	6	28
43	Birth Injury, Difficult labour, etc	9	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	3	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	4	..	..	2	7
44	Other Causes of Perinatal Mortality	26	26	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9	17	1	..	..	..	..	3	..	11	..	..	11	31
45	Symptoms and ill-defined conditions	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	4	2	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	3
46	(1) Other Endocrine Diseases	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1	1	3	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	8
	(2) Other Diseases of Blood,etc.	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	(3) Mental Disorders	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	(4) Other Diseases of the Nervous System, etc.	16	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	4	6	3	13	2	1	3	2	1	3	..	..	..	..	1	22
	(5) Other Diseases of the Circulatory System	109	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	4	14	32	58	41	68	17	..	4	..	18	18	..	..	1	4	14	112
	(6) Other Diseases of the Respiratory System	35	2	13	..	1	..	..	..	3	1	5	10	7	28	2	..	..	1	9	8	..	..	..	..	6	28
	(7) Other Diseases of the Digestive System	14	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	6	4	8	6	3	..	..	..	3	2	..	..	1	..	3	18
	(8) Other Diseases of the Genito-urinary System	9	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	3	5	4	2	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	2	17
	(9)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	(10) Other Diseases of the Musculo-Skeletal System	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	4	3	3	1	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	5
47	Motor Vehicle Accidents	28	..	1	..	3	3	3	2	..	4	8	4	14	14	2	..	2	..	7	2	..	..	..	..	15	48
48	All other Accidents	24	..	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	3	2	6	10	14	4	..	1	..	4	3	..	..	..	..	6	42
49	Suicide and Self-inflicted Injuries	24	..	..	..	1	..	4	6	3	6	2	2	8	16	..	..	..	..	4	1	..	..	..	..	5	10
50	All other external causes	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Totals	2609	43	29	12	13	15	76	41	148	422	719	1141	896	1713	330	31	91	16	493	391	60	16	30	60	476	2796

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Note.—All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., persons resident in the Borough who died outside it have been included. The transferable
deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales, and who died in the Borough in like manner have been excluded.

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Table: TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1970.

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