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Greenwich 1946

[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, 1946.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1946.

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 "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.Other InstitutionsOutside Institutions
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers...............................................................
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever............................................................1
3Scarlet Fever1............1............1........................11
4Whooping Cough211.....................1...1............2......15
5Diphtheria1...1.....................1......1..................3
6Tuberculosis of Respiratory System67......1...1321293181762621...1...1...1663
7Other Forms of Tuberculosis81113...2......52...151............120
8Syphilitic Disease7............1...2421...42...............312
9Influenza2...1...............11......11............1...4
10Measles1...l...........................1...............1...1
11Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis...............................................................
12Acute Infectious Encephalitis...............................................................
13mCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)7..................3423...23...............210
13fCancer of Uterus9...............25241224...............111
14Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum19...............17117912111............328
15Cancer of Breast4...............1213...1...2...............17
16Cancer of all other sites97............16454536293294243.........10153
17Diabetes6............1...23...5...13...............115
18Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions71............121553341531934...1.........11100
l9Heart Disease240............18531788965137396...4......335284
20Other Diseases of the Circulatory System26..................42285211211............158
21Bronchitis403...............82912104149...............325
22Pneumonia588............3153218762732...1.........1398
23Other Respiratory Diseases24............13614117...61111......1232
24Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum11...............245313410...............128
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)44.....................21...13...............128
26Appendicitis1.....................11...........................14
27Other Digestive Diseases271.........126171251922...............253
28Nephritis17...............46793...5101............222
29Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis...............................................................
30Other Maternal Causes2............11......1......12..................2
31Premature Birth24231..................1071622...............156
32Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease1513l...1............85...27...1.........223
33Suicide14............l54473...45...............37
34Road Traffic Accidents8......11l12222...46...............213
35Other Violent Causes243.........4710861914...1.........542
36All Other Causes372............182612821516...1.........1358
87459735246923347432522049280415914—371371,277

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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.