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Tuberculosis.—This class includes the causes of 138 deaths
during the year under review, with a rate of 1.37; these figures
compare with 174, 174 and 147, the totals of the years 1918, 1919
and 1920 respectively, and respective rates of 1.90, 1.66 and 140.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 119 attributed
to this cause, or a rate of 118 per 1,000.
Locally, the deaths were 1 in Kidbrooke (giving a Death Rate
of '31), 15 in St. Nicholas (giving a Death Rate of 1.98), 2G in
Charlton (giving a Death Rate of 1'38), 32 in West Greenwich
(giving a Death Rate of 1T8), and 45 in East Greenwich (giving
a Death Rate of 102).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 19
deaths, being 7 in West Greenwich, 6 in East Greenwich, 3 in
St. Nicholas, and 3 in Charlton.
Of these other forms of Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis of the
Brain and its membranes was credited with 8 (3 being under five
years of age), Tubercle affecting the Intestines 2 deaths (1 being
under five years of age), General Tuberculosis 4 deaths, and other
forms of Tuberculosis 5 deaths.
Parasitic Diseases.—There were no deaths from this class
of disease.
Dietetic Diseases.—There were 2 deaths from this class of
disease; both occurred in East Greenwich.
Constitutional Diseases.—The deaths from this cause were
141 in number, which gives a rate of 140 per 1,000. Of these,
124 were attributed to Cancer, 11 to Diabetes, 3 to Anaemia, 2 to
Osteo.Arthritis and 1 to Lymphadenoma.
The deaths from Cancer were distributed as follows:—50
occurred in East Greenwich, 34 in West Greenwich, 11 in St.
Nicholas, 24 in Charlton and 5 in Kidbrooke.
Developmental Diseases.—There were 176 deaths from this
class of causes, equal to a rate of L75 per 1,000.
These may roughly be divided into those from causes which
would appear to be unavoidable, viz.:—Congenital defects, 8, and
those from causes more or less preventable, viz.:—Premature birth,
33; Injury at birth, 4; Debility at birth, 13; Atrophy, Debility
and Marasmus, 17: Atelectasis, 5; Dentition, 1; and Rickets, 1.
The remaining and largest portion of these deaths from
developmental diseases, 94 in number, were from Old Age; in
1920 there were 113 deaths from this cause, and 125 in the previous
year.