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Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Zymotic Enteritis. — Ten
deaths were said to be due to these causes, equalling a rate of
.09 per 1,000. Last year there were 8 deaths, and 12 in 1925
and 1926 respectively.
Influenza.—Influenza is found to have been the responsible
cause of 8 deaths; 14 was the average for the previous three
years. Three cases were over 65 years of age.
Two occurred in East Greenwich, 4 in West Greenwich and
2 in Charlton.
Tuberculosis.
This class includes the causes of 121 deaths during the
year under review, with a rate of 1·17; these figures compare
with 117, 117 and 97, the totals of the years 1925, 1926 and
1927 respectively, and the respective rates of 1·12, 1·12 and ·97.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual,
credited with the major portion of these deaths, there being 108
attributed to this cause, or a ratte of 1·08 per 1,000, as
compared with ·78 last year.
Locally the deaths were 41 in East Greenwich (death rate
.90), 9 in St. Nicholas (death rate 121), 26 in Charlton (death
rate 1.19), and 32 in West Greenwich (death rate 1.19).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for
13 deaths, 6 of which occurred in East Greenwich, 4 in West
Greenwich, 2 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke.
Cancer.
This disease was responsible for a total of 147 deaths
for the year, being a higher mortality than for some years past.
The following Table is designed to show the seats of the
disease at various ages in the different districts of the Borough:—