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Nicholas, 1 Charlton, and 3 to Chronic Alcoholism, 1 in West
Greenwich and 2 in Charlton.
Constitutional Diseases. The deaths from this cause were
108 in number, which gives a rate of 1.46 per 1,000. Of these, 93
were attributed to Cancer, 7 to Diabetes, 4 to Osteo-Arthritis, 4 to
Anaemia. The deaths from Cancer were distributed as follows:
—37 occurred in East Greenwich, 28 in West Greenwich, 7 in St.
Nicholas, 19 in Charlton, and 2 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases. There were 210 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of 2.24 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes which
would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Congenital defects, 16, and
those from causes more or less preventable, viz:—Premature birth,
36; Injury at birth, 5; Debility at birth, 10; Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus, 21; Atelectasis, 2; Dentition, 5; Rickets, 2: and Want
of Breast Milk, 1.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 118 in number, were from Old Age; in
1914 there were 113 deaths from this cause, and 152 in the previous
year
Local Diseases. Nervous System. One hundred and twenty-
seven deaths were attributed to the various nervous diseases, which
giveis a rate of 1.31 per 1,000; last year the rate was 1.38 per 1,000.
Convulsions were responsible for 7, all being under five years of
age; 9 were from Meningitis, 64 from Apoplexy, 7 from Softening
of the Brain, 9 from Hemiplegia or Brain Paralysis, 3 from
General Paralysis of the Insane, 1 from other forms of Insanity, 6
from Cerebral Tumour, 2 from Epilepsy, 1 frpm Encephalitis,
3 from Paraplegia, and 15 from other diseases of this system.
Organs of Special Sense. There were 4 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of 0.03 per 1,000.