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Cancer.
This disease was responsible for a total of 134 deaths for the
year and is considerably lower than for many years past. The
number of deaths in 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932 and 1931 were 156,
161, 162, 155, 160 and 150 respectively.
The distribution of deaths were as follows :—54 in East
Greenwich, 38 in West Greenwich, 35 in Charlton and Kidbrooke
and 7 in St. Nicholas, Deptford.
Diseases of the Circulatory System.
Heart Disease.—Once again the deaths from this cause
occupy the principal place in the classification of diseases, there
being 261 deaths under this class as compared with 240 for the
year 1934.
MORTUARY.
During the year 182 bodies were received into the Mortuary.
The details are as under:—
Bodies brought in upon which inquests were held 145
Bodies brought in upon which post-mortems were held 86
Bodies brought in upon which inquests were considered
unnecessary 37
Bodies brought in where death had occurred from
infectious disease 5