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in East Greenwich, 16 in West Greenwich, 9 in St. Nicholas, 20
in Charlton, and 3 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases. There were 259 deaths from
this class of causes, equal to a rate of 2.34 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes whichwould
appear to be unavoidable, viz. :—Atelectasis 5, Congenital
defects 12, and those from causes more or less preventible, viz.:—
Premature birth 47, Injury at birth 3, Debility at birth 6, Atrophy,
Debility and Marasmus 35, and Rickets 4.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 147 in number, were from Old Age; in
1908 there were 134 deaths from this cause, and 139 in the
previous year.
Local Diseases. Nervous System. One hundred and
forty-four deaths were attributed to the various nervous diseases,
which gives a rate of 1.30 per 1,000 ; last year the rate was 1.11
per 1,000. Convulsions were responsible for 14, all being under
5 years of age; 13 were from Meningitis, 63 from Apoplexy, 8
from Softening of the Brain, 13 from Hemiplegia or Brain
Paralysis, 9 from General Paralysis of the Insane, 1 from other
forms of Insanity, 5 from Cerebral Tumour, 8 from Epilepsy,
2 from Locomotor Ataxy, 5 from Paraplegia, and 3 from the
other diseases of this system.
Organs of Special Sense. There were 3 deaths from
this class of causes, equal to a rate of 0.03 per 1,000.
Circulatory System. The death rate from diseases of
this system was 1.20 per 1,000, there being a total of 133 such
deaths. Valvular diseases of the heart were responsible for 119 ;.