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Scarlet Fever.—This disease occasioned 1 death during the
year. Three deaths occurred in 1930, 1 in 1931, 1 in 1932, 3 each
in 1933 and 1934.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of
1 death, with a Death Rate of .01 per 1,000. There were 6 deaths
in the years 1931, 1932, 8 in 1933 and 6 in 1934.
Diphtheria.—There were 3 deaths during the year. This
gives a Death Rate of .03 comparing with .05 for the previous year.
Five deaths occurred in 1934, 14 in 1933, 7 in 1932, 11 in 1931
and 12 in 1930. One of the patients was under five years of age.
Typhoid Fever.—There were no deaths ascribed to this disease
during the year. There wore 0 in 1934,1933 and 1932, and 1 in 1931.
Diarrhoea, Dysentry and Zymotic Enteritis.—Fourteen
deaths were stated to be due to these causes, equalling a Death Rate
of .14 per 1,000. Last year there were 30 deaths, 17 in 1933,
24 in 1932, 10 in 1931 and 7 in 1930.
Influenza.—There were 9 deaths due to this cause during the
year compared with 10 for the previous year. Five occurred in
East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich, and 2 in Charlton and
Kidbrooke.
Tuberculosis.
This class includes the causes of 78 deaths during the year
under review, with a rate of .80. These figures compare with 112,
87, 106 and 85, the totals of the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934
respectively, and the respective rates of 1.12, .86, 1.08 and .87.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 72 attributed
to the cause or a rate of .74 per 1,000 as compared with .77 for the
last year.
Locally the deaths were 28 in East Greenwich (Death Rate .70);
5 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (Death Rate .79); 22 in Charlton and
Kidbrooke (Death Rate .82); 17 in West Greenwich (Death Rate
.70).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 6
deaths, 4 of which occurred in East Greenwich, 1 in West Greenwich,
and 1 in St. Nicholas.