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Greenwich 1945

[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, 1945.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1945.

No. in Short ListCauses 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 "NonResidents " 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 upwardsG reenwich EastGreenwich WestSt. Nicholas, DeptfordCharlton and KidbrookeSt. Alfege's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMilier HospitalHerbert Military HospitalBrook Hospital L.C.C.Other InstitutionsOutside Institutions
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers............................................................1
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever............................................................1
3Scarlet Fever...............................................................
4Whooping Cough............................................................1
5Diphtheria1......1...............1.....................1......6
6Tuberculosis of Respiratory System50.........110171841815116922.........1761
7Other Forms of Tuberculosis3.........1...1......1......21.........1......13
8Syphilitic Disease10...............1454......52...1.........39
9Influenza7...............1334......33...1.........114
10Measles............................................................3
11Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis...............................................................
12Acute Infectious Encephalitis...............................................................
13mCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)7..................162...234...............37
13fCancer of Uterus8..................446......24..................8
14Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum19..................81184...711...2.........234
15Cancer of Breast16...............16974...55...............410
16Cancer of all other sites77.........1...52942222223139...1.........17121
17Diabetes3..................211...111...1.........19
18Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions64...............1174624171223211......27112
19Heart Disease226............1358164855314746626...1141266
20Other Disease of the Circulatory System11..................11054...27...1.........128
21Bronchitis333............21117129486...............632
22Pneumonia577.........1...1632211422035...1...1...11113
23Other Respiratory Diseases201............57765185...1.........913
24Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum11...............12863...210...............130
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)13121..................72136.........2...357
26Appendicitis3............1...1121......21...............9
27Other Digestive Diseases10...............1276......47...1...1...140
28Nephritis11.........1...33452132...............310
29Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis1...............1............1...1..................1
30Other Maternal Causes1............1...............1........................1
31Premature Birth55.....................3......24...............123
32Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease2119...2...............77168...............427
33Suicide4..................312...2.....................26
34Road Traffic Accidents4.........121......31......4..................10
35Other Violent Causes274......14231312321018...............651
35aWar Operations26......142511363...173.........1...122
36All Other Causes641......l4610422217...25292............1489
813522511265722044030818737281324819831591,238

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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
transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England and Wales, and who died in the Borough in like manner
have been excluded.