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Greenwich 1939

[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, 1939

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1939

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 InstitutionOutside Institutions
All CausesCertified...............................................................
Uncertified..................................................................
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers...............................................................1
Measles..................................................................
Scarlet Fever..................................................................
Whooping Cough44.....................211...............4.........12
Diphtheria...............................................................11
Influenza12..................4853...4...2.........1......9
Encephalitis Lethargica1............................................................2
Cerebro-Spinal Fever1..................1...1..............................11
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System54.........116211621910720221............11356
Other Tuberculous Diseases6.........1221...11133..................31
Syphilis3............111...2......11...1...............3
General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis2..................11...1...1...1................12
Cancer154............1147861623710455866......1333217
Diabetes11................12853...351...............117
Cerebral Haemorrhage36...............28261111...1412...............3539
Heart Disease315...............116723712781208713311...12936405
Aneurysm...............................................................3
Other Circulatory Diseases64..................184525163203011.........41086
Bronchitis231...............616124...73..................414
Pneumonia (all forms)6013211...413262211720202......1...31375
Other Respiratory Diseases10............117143...331...............111
Peptic Ulcer15..................114651310...2............336
Diarrhoea161221......1......55334.........6......640
Appendicitis5.........22...1...2......35.....................16
Cirrhosis of Liver4.........1......211......32.....................6
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.1...............1.........1.........1..................1
Other Digestive Diseases16.........2...16763169...1......1...237
Ac. & Cr. Nephritis21............13710943513...1............231
Puerperal Sepsis1............1..................11.....................1
Other Puerperal Causes...............................................................5
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.3535.....................12631421...2.........3564
Senility17.....................1785135..................315
Suicide9...............23424...33...............127
Other Violence313...12...6314118481022.........11357
Other Defined Causes491......578131515201131934...1...11398
Causes ill-defined or unknown..................................................................
9776943153480269503375243662933942020...1444 291701389

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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
non-residents, i.e.,of Pareons resident elsewhere in England and Wales who died in the Borough in like manner have
been ecocluded.