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There were no deaths from Gonorrhœa during the year.
Septic. Erysipelas. Two deaths occurred from this cause
in 1918, 1 in 1917, 3 in 1916 and 4 in 1915.
Puerperal Fever. There were 0 deaths from this disease
during the year.
Pyemia and Septicemia. There were 0 deaths from this
disease during the year. Infective Endocarditis. One death
was ascribed to this cause in 1918. The number was 1 in 1917,
4 in 1916 and 0 in 1913.
Malarial. Rheumatic Fever. There was 1 death in 1918,
as compared with 3 in 1917, 1 in 1916 and 3 in 191.5.
Tuberculosis. This class includes the causes of 17.1 deaths
during the year under review, with a rate of 1.90; these figures
compare with 202, 170 and 219, the totals of the years 1915, 1916
and 1917 respectively, and respective rates of 2:09, 1:80 and 2:42.
Tuberculosis of the lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 146 attributed
to this cause, or a rate of 1.62 per 1,000.
Locally, the deaths were 0 in Kidbrooke, 16 in St. Nicholas,
giving a Death Rate of 2.35; 29 in Charlton, giving a Death Rale
of 1.85; 47 in East Greenwich, giving a Death Rate of 1.08; and
54 in West Greenwich, giving a Death Rate of 2.52 per 1,000.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 25
deaths, 11 being in East Greenwich, 6 in (West Greenwich, 5 in
St. Nicholas and 3 in Charlton.
Of these other forms of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis of the
Brain or its Membranes was credited with 11,6 being under five
years of age; Tubercle affecting the Intestines, 5 deaths (4
being under five years of age); General Tuberculosis, 7 deaths
(2 under and 5 over five); and other forms, 2.
Parasitic Diseases. There were no deaths from this class of
disease.
Dietic Diseases. There was 1 death from this class of
disease, due to Acute Alcoholism in West Greenwich,
Constitutional Diseases. The deaths from this cause were
127 in number, which gives a rate of 1.41 per 1,000. Of these, 115
were attributed to Cancer, 8 to Diabetes, 3 to Anaemia and 1 to
Gout. The deaths from Cancer were distributed as follows: — 44
occurred in East Greenwich, 32 in West Greenwich, 10 in St.
Nicholas, 27 in Charlton, and 2 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases. There were 188 deaths from this
class of Causes, equal to a rate of 2.09 per 1,000.