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Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Zymotic Enteritis. —Eight
deaths were said to be due to these causes, equalling a rate of
•07 per 1,0C0. Last year there were 12 deaths, and 12 in 1924
and 1925 respectively.
Influenza.—Influenza is found to have been the responsible
cause of 18 deaths ; 16 was the average for the previous three
years. Eight cases were over 65 years of age.
The deaths were equally distributed in East Grce.iwich,
West Greenwich and Charlton districts.
Tuberculosis.
This class includes the causes of 100 deaths during the
year under review, with a rate of .97 ; these figures compare
with 127, 117 and 117, the totals of the years 1924, 1925 and
1926 respectively, and the respective rates of 1.21 and 1.12.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the ma jor portion of these deaths, there being 78 attributed
to this cause, or a rate of .75 per 1,000.
Locally the deaths were 3 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (giving
a De&th Rate of 38), 32 in East Greenwich (Death Rate 70),
11 in Charlton (Death Rate .52), 31 in West Greenwich (Death
Rate 1.14), and 1 in Kidbrooke (.30).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for
22 deaths, 8 of which occurred in East Greenwich, 7 in West
Greenwich, 4 in Charlton, 2 in St. Nicholas and 1 in Kidbrooke.
Cancer.
This disease is again the chief cause of death, with a total
of 133 deaths for the year.
The following Table is designed to show the seats of the
disease at various ages in the different districts of the Borough:—