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Greenwich 1934

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

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Table: BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, during the Year ended 31st December, 1933.

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, during the Year ended 31st December, 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 "Non-Residents" 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..........................................2
Measles21..1..........11............2......11
Scarlet Fever3....12........3....................15
Whooping Cough7412..........42..11......1......25
Diphtheria14....59........5117........12....242
Influenza56121..2525202714411191......1..445
Encephalitis Lethargica............................................
Cerebro-spinal Fever21....1........11....11............12
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System942....1184920434308222632........2688
Other Tuberculous Diseases12311312..162135..4........219
Syphilis4............2222....12............10
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis3............21111..2............12
Cancer162......1277676634614396065......224187
Diabetes10........11177....36........1..112
Cerebral Haemorrhage542......1312361820115221........2867
Heart Disease193......551442127765616454824......134157
Aneurysm5............4121..21............12
Other Circulatory Diseases74..........1155839155151911......31283
Bronchitis65..............492018720133......1..449
Pneumonia (all forms)7511833115191532153253324..11116116
Other Respiratory Diseases13..2..112526214211........413
Peptic Ulcer18........1296581472..........529
Diarrhoea17133....1......56..611..........1226
Appendicitis12......2153144224..5........325
Cirrhosis of Liver8..........1436....222..........19
Other Diseases of Liver, etc...8..........13431..41..1......2213
Other Digestive Diseases161..22..26373..6....2........642
Ac. & Cr. Nephritis44..........511281885131422......1845
Puerperal Sepsis1..........1..........1............1..1
Other Puerperal Causes3..........21..1..111............17
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.4747..............161731112..........61133
Senility18..............1846..87..........1355
Suicide13........136361157..1..........18
Other Violence401..12777151053161124........1468
Other Defined Causes742..3449252732176192644......120130
Causes ill-defined or unknown............................................
11678917203647140311507470303843103703740..184222161448

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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.