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Greenwich 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, during the Quarter ended 1st July, 1933.

Causes of Death.Deaths at Subjoined Ages of " Residents" whether occurring within or without the DistrictDeaths at all Ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the DistrictDeaths of "Residents" in Public InstitutionsTotal Deaths whether of "Residents" or "NonResidents" in Public Institutions in the District
All AgesUnder 11 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsGreenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas, DeptfordCharlton and KidbrookeSt. Alfege's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMiller HospitalHerbert Military HospitalBrook Hospital L.C.C.Cottage HospitalOther InstitutionsOutside Institutions
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers............................................
Measles..........................................2
Scarlet Fever..........................................1
Whooping Cough22................1..11..............5
Diphtheria3......3........21............3......14
Influenza1..............11........................
Encephalitis Lethargica............................................
Cerebro-spinal Fever..........................................3
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System252......8123..12715811........825
Other Tuberculous Diseases3......1..1..121....1..2..........4
Syphilis..........................................1
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis............................................
Cancer42..........320191675141121......2744
Diabetes3..............3......31............11
Cerebral Haemorrhage9............2742..34..............13
Heart Disease39..........372915114913..2........544
Aneurysm1............1....1......................
Other Circulatory Diseases20............416104154..........2315
Bronchitis10............28442..21............10
Pneumonia (all forms)1823..2..23665..7812........620
Other Respiratory Diseases5......1..13..11..31..1........26
Peptic Ulcer8........1223331121..........38
Diarrhoea11....................1..............1..
Appendicitis3........111....3....2..1..........9
Cirrhosis of Liver2............112........1............3
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.1..............1......1............1..3
Other Digestive Diseases4......1..1111....31............27
Ac. & Cr. Nephritis7..........1152113211..........9
Puerperal Sepsis............................................
Other Puerperal Causes1..........1..........1..............12
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.1515..............410..1............237
Senility10..............1015..45............117
Suicide7........1..4241114..1..........9
Other Violence11......121344..1642........120
Other Defined Causes161....11355561562........638
Causes ill-defined or unknown............................................
267233101432631229973187780816..3..750340

Note.—All " Transferable Deaths " of residents, i.e., persons resident in the Borough who died outside it have been included. The
transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales, and who died in the Borough
in like manner have been excluded.