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Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of
six deaths with a Death Rate of .06 per 1,000. There were 6
deaths in the year 1932, 8 in 1933, 6 in 1934, 1 in 1935 and 5 in 1936.
Diphtheria.—There were 4 deaths during the year, three of
the patients being under five years of age. This gives a Death
Rate of .04 compared with .03 for the previous year.
Three deaths occurred in 1935, 5 in 1934, 14 in 1933, 7 in 1932
and 11 in 1931.
Enteric Fever.—There were no deaths ascribed to this disease
during the year. There was one in 1936 and 1935, 0 in 1934, 1933
and 1932.
Diarrhoea, Dysentery 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 27 deaths, 14 in 1935,
30 in 1934, 17 in 1933, 24 in 1932 and 16 in 1931.
Influenza.—This disease became epidemic in the first quarter
of the year resulting in 47 deaths. In the epidemics of 1929 and
1933 there were 70 and 53 respectively. The age distribution was,
1 between 15 and 25 years, 6 between 25 and 45 years, 17 between
45 and 65 years and 23 over 65 years. Nineteen occurred in East
Greenwich, sixteen in West Greenwich, one in St. Nicholas and eleven
in Charlton and Kidbrooke. Twenty-three cases received Hospital
treatment.
TUBERCULOSIS.
This class includes the causes of 79 deaths during the year
under review, with a rate of .82. These figures compare with
106, 85, 78 and 73, the totals of the years 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936
respectively, and the respective rates of 1.08, .87, .80 and .76.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths, there being 73 attributed
to the cause, thus giving a rate of .76 per 1,000 as compared with
.68 for the last year.
Locally the deaths were 31 in East Greenwich (Death Rate
.78); 8 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (Death Rate 1.29); 24 in Charlton
and Kidbrooke (Death Rate .86); 10 in West Greenwich (Death
Rate .43).
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 6
deaths, 5 of which occurred in East Greenwich and 1 in St. Nicholas,
Deptford.