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Dietetic Diseases.—There was 1 death from this class of
disease.
Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths from this cause were
142 in number, which gives a rate of 1.39 per 1,000. Of these,
127 were attributed to Cancer, 5 to Diabetes, 4 to Anaemia, 3 to
Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2 to Lymphadenoma and 1 to Gout.
The deaths from Cancer were distributed as follows—53
occurred in East Greenwich, 43 in West Greenwich, 8 in St. Nicholas,
20 in Charlton and 3 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases.—There were 185 deaths, equal to
a rate of 1.81 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes which
would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Congenital defects, 15, and
those from causes more or less preventable, viz. :—Premature birth,
20 ; Injury at birth, 1; Debility at birth, 16 ; Atrophy, Debility
and Marasmus, 8 ; Atelectasis, 5 and Dentition, 1.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from developmental
diseases, 119 in number, were from Old Age: in 1922 there
were 137 deaths from this cause and 94 in the previous year.
Local Diseases.
Nervous System.—One hundred and sixteen deaths were attri.
buted to the various nervous diseases, which gives a rate of 1.13
per 1,000; last year the rate was 99 per 1,000. Convulsions were
responsible for 10, all of whom were under five years of age; 9 were
from Meningitis, 61 from Apoplexy, 6 from Hemiplegia or Brain
Paralysis, 5 from General Paralysis of the Insane, 4 from Cerebral
Tumour, 6 from Epilepsy, 2 from diseases of the Spinal Cord, 3 from
Softening of the Brain, 3 from Locomotor Ataxy, and 7 from other
diseases of this system.
Organs of Special Sense.—There were 8 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of .07 per 1,000.
Circulatory System.—The Death Rate from diseases of this
system was 1.18 per 1,000, there being a total of 121 such deaths.
Valvular Diseases of the Heart were responsible for 108, 5 from
Aneurism, 1 from Embolism, 1 from Angina Pectoris and from the
remaining diseases of this system, 6.