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Typhoid Fever. There were 2 deaths ascribed as due to this
disease; there were 2 in 1919, 4 in 1918, 2 in 1917, 6 in 1916, and
7 in 1915. Both deaths occurred in East Greenwich.
Diarrhæa and Zymotic Enteritis. Twenty-two deaths
were stated to be due to this cause, equalling a rate of .20 per 1,000.
Last year there were 28 deaths, and 42, 38 and 37 respectively in
1916, 1917 and 1918.
The deaths were distributed as follows:—Six in East Greenwich,
7 in West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas, and 3 in Charlton.
Nineteen patients were under five years of age.
The deaths in 1919 were distributed as follows:—Thirteen in
East Greenwich, 6 in West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas, 2 in Charlton
and 1 in Kidbrooke.
Influenza. Influenza is found to have been the responsible
cause of 15 deaths in 1920; 134 was the average of the previous
three years. Of the 15, 6 were over sixty-five years of age.
Sporadic Diseases. There were no deaths from this class
of diseases during the year.
Venereal. Syphilis. Four deaths were given as due to
Syphilis, as against 11 in 1919 and 6 in 1918. Of these 4 deaths,
1 was under five years of age, and all occurred in East Greenwich.
One of the deceased persons was in the Greenwich Infirmary and
1 in an outside institution.
There were no deaths from Gonorrhoea during the year.
Septic Diseases. Erysipelas. Six deaths occurred from this
cause in 1920, 2 in 1919, and 2 in 1918.
Puerperal Fever. There was 1 death from this disease
during the year.
Pyæmia and Septicæmia. There were 5 deaths from this
disease during the year, 2 deaths from other allied diseases, and
1 from Infective Endocarditis.
Malarial. Rheumatic Fever. There were 12 deaths in
1920 as compared with 3 in 1919, 1 in 1918, and 3 in 1917. Rheumatism
of the Heart. There were 3 deaths ascribed to this cause
during 1920.
Tuberculosis. This class includes the causes of 147 deaths
during the year under review, with a rate of 1.40; these figures
compare with 219, 174 and 174, the totals of the years 1917, 1918
and 1919 respectively, and respective rates of 2.42, 1.90 and 1.66.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 120 attributed
to this cause, or a rate of 1.14 per 1,000.