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No deaths occurred in 1942 and 1943, one death in 1944 and
none in 1945.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of two
deaths, with a Death Rate of 0.02 per thousand.
There was one each for the years 1943 and 1944, and none in
1945.
Diphtheria.—There was one death during the year. This gives
a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
The deceased child was between the ages of 1—2 years and had
not been immunised against Diphtheria.
Three deaths occurred in 1942, three in 1943, seven in 1944 and
one in 1945.
Enteric Fever.—No deaths have been recorded from this
disease since the year 1941, when there was one.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—Four deaths were
stated to be due from this cause, equalling a Death Rate of 0.05 per
thousand. Last year there were 13 deaths, 9 in 1944, 7 in 1943 and
0 in 1942.
Tuberculosis.—This class includes the causes of 75 deaths
during the year under review, giving a rate of 0.97.
These figures compare with 64, 60, 50 and 53, the totals for the
years 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945 respectively, and the respective
Rates of 1.05, 0.94, 0.81 and 0.82.
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths. There being 67 attributed
to the cause, or a Rate of 0.87 per thousand as compared with 0.78
for the previous year.
The deaths were allocated to: 18 in East Greenwich, 17 in
West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 26 in Charlton
and Kidbrooke.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 8
deaths.
Cancer.—This disease was responsible for a total of 137 deaths,
with a Death Rate of 1.78 per thousand. The number of deaths for
the previous 4 years were 141, 127, 130 and 127.
The distribution of the deaths were as follow:—52 in East
Greenwich, 43 in West Greenwich,. 7 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and
35 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.