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Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of
8 deaths, with a Death Rate of .08 per 1,000. There were 6 deaths
in the years 1931 and 1932.
Diphtheria.—There were 14 deaths during the year. This
gives a Death Rate of .14 comparing with .06 for the previous year.
Seven deaths occurred in 1932, 11 in 1931 and 12 in 1930. Five
of the patients were under five years of age.
Typhoid Fever.—There were no deaths ascribed to this disease
during the year. There were 0 in 1932, 1 in 1931, 0 in 1930, and 1
in 1929.
Diarrhcea, Dysentery and Zymotic Enteritis.—Seventeen
deaths were stated to be due to these causes, equalling a Death Rate
of .18 per 1,000. Last year there were 24 deaths, 16 in 1931, 7 in
1930, and 11 in 1929.
Influenza.—This disease became epidemic during the first
quarter of the year, occasioning no fewer than 53 deaths. Altogether
there were 56 deaths during the year, 25 cases were between 45 and
65 years of age, and 20 over 65. Twenty-seven occurred in East Greenwich, 14 in West Greenwich, 4 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 11 in
Charlton and Kidbrooke.
Tuberculosis.
This class includes the causes of 106 deaths during the year
under review, with a rate of 1.08. These figures compare with 115,
112 and 87, the totals of the years 1930, 1931 and 1932 respectively,
and the respective rates of 1,10, 1.12 and .86.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 94 attributed to
the cause or a rate of .96 per 1,000 as compared with .75 for the last
year.
Locally the deaths were 34 in East Greenwich (Death Rate .80);
8 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (Death Rate 1.25); 22 in Charlton and
Kidbrooke (Death Rate .81) ; 30 in West Greenwich (Death Rate
1.23).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 12
deaths, 6 of which occurred in East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich,
1 in St. Nicholas, and 3 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.