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Locally, the deaths were 1 in Kidbrooke (giving a Death Rate
of .32), 14 in St. Nicholas (giving a Death Rate of 1.77), 16 in
Charlton (giving a Death Rate of .78), 39 in East Greenwich (giving
a Death Rate of .77), and 50 in West Greenwich (giving a Death
Rate of 2 01 per 1,000).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 27
deaths, 16 being in East Greenwich, 7 in West Greenwich, 1 in St.
Nicholas, 2 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke.
Of these other forms of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis of the
Brain or its membranes was credited with 12 (7 being under five
years of age); Tubercle affecting the Intestines, 4 deaths (1 being
under five years of age); General Tuberculosis, 11 deaths.
Parasitic Diseases. There was one death from this class of
disease.
Dietetic Diseases. There were no deaths from this class of
disease.
Constitutional Diseases. The deaths from this cause were
143 in number, which gives a rate of 1.36 per 1,000. Of these,
120 were attributed to Cancer, 8 to Diabetes, 9 to Anaemia, 1 to
Osteo-Arthritis, 2 to Lymphadenoma, 2 to Gout, and 1 to
Hcemophilia. The deaths from Cancer were distributed as follows:—
55 occurred in East Greenwich, 27 in West Greenwich, 11 in St.
Nicholas, 26 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases. There were 192 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of 1.82 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes which
would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Congenital defects, 11, and
those from causes more or less preventable, viz.:—Premature birth
32; Injury at birth, 1; Debility at birth, 17; Atrophy, Debility
and Marasmus, 13; Atelectasis, 4, and Dentition, 1.
The remaining and largest, portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 113 in number, were from Old Age; in
1919 there were 125 deaths from this cause, and 113 in the previous
year.
Local Diseases. Nervous System. One hundred and eight
deaths were attributed to the various nervous diseases, which
gives a rate of 1.02 per 1,000; last year the rate was 1.09 per
1,000. Convulsions were responsible for 12, 11 being under five
years of age; 3 were from Meningitis, 63 from Apoplexy, 2 from
Hemiplegia or Brain Paralysis, 9 from General Paralysis of the
Insane, 2 from Cerebral Tumour, 5 from Epilepsy, 2 from Encephalitis,
1 from Encephalitis Lethargica, 4 from Paraplegia,
and 5 from other diseases of this system.