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Parasitic Diseases. There were no deaths from this
class of disease.
Dietic Diseases. There were 3 deaths from this class
of disease, giving a rate of 0.03, all being chronic
alcoholism.
Constitutional Diseases. The deaths from this
cause were 101 in number, which gives a rate of 0.90
per 1,000. Of these 80 were attributed to Cancer, 13 to
Diabetes, 3 to Gout, 3 to Anaemia, and 2 to OsteoArthritis.
The deaths from Cancer were distributed as
follows: 37 occurred in East Greenwich, 23 in West
Greenwich, 5 in St. Nicholas, 14 in Charlton, and 1 in
Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases. There were 230 deaths
from this class of causes, equal to a rate of 2.04 per
1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes
which would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Atelectasis
4, Congenital defects 5, and those from causes more or
less preventible, viz.:—Premature birth 49, Injury at
birth 3, Debility at birth 11, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
27, Rickets 5, want of Breast Milk 1, and Dentition
8.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 117 in number, were from Old
Age; in 1909 there were 147 deaths from this cause,
and 134 in the previous year.
Local Diseases. Nervous System. One hundred
and fourteen deaths were attributed to the various nervous
diseases, which gives a rate of 1.01 per 1,000;
last year the rate was 1.30 per 1,000. Convulsions
were responsible for 15, all being under five years of age;