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Greenwich 1938

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

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Table: CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1938

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1938

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 oocurring in or beyond the DistrictDeaths of "Residents" In Public InstitutionsTotal Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residenta" 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 HospitalL.C.C.Cottage HospitalOther InstitutionsOutside Institutions
All CausesCertified..................................................................
Uncertified..................................................................
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers............................................................1
Measles41111............211............3......114
Scarlet Fever1......1...............1.....................1.........2
Whooping Cough22........................2........................27
Diphtheria1.........1............1.................................12
Influenza9...............14435...12.........1......22
Encephalitis Lethargica...............................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Fever...........................................................2
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System61.........11326183201742020513.........1761
Other Tuberculous Diseases133......3231153238..................217
Syphilis3...............12......111......2............13
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis7.........1...13221133..................37
Cancer148...............13637263318465937......1121203
Diabetes15..................786...1812.....................25
Cerebral Haemorrhage46...............11728239311222...............556
Heart Disease312.........369553913472228412424......1632375
Aneurysm5..................32...1134.....................7
Other Circulatory Diseases61...............218413017113322............37105
Bronchitis261...............5201172691............1228
Pneumonia (all forms)691132256172325194213721...1...16130
Other Respiratory Diseases11............134362...361...............221
Peptic Ulcer7...............13312...4112............317
Diarrhoea44.....................13......1..................334
Appendicitis10.........1214232147...1......1...122
Cirrhosis of Liver4..................31...1...32..................15
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.1...............1.........1...........................12
Other Digestive Diseases17.........11...8776...410...3.........2...44
Ac. & Cr. Nephritis22............13810124...681.........11130
Puerperal Sepsis............................................................
Other Puerperal Causes2............11...............21.....................1
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc2929.....................12511116...............4352
Senility30.....................301392612...............2134
Suicide8...............44...22222...1...............8
Other Violence4011...55312131911281623......1...1270
Other Defined Causes7232...5514182536144183154...21114121
Causes ill-defined or un-known..................................................................
10405574244294277537438248632914452729386221431518
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 who died in the Borough in like manner have been excluded..