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Greenwich 1947

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

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INDEX (concluded)
Page
Population 12
Post-Natal Clinics 26
Premature Infants, Care of 30
Preserved Food Premises 69
Public Health Committee 3
Public Open Spaces 11
Public Sanitary Conveniences 57
Puerperal Fever 75
Puerperal Pyrexia 75
R
Rag Flock Acts, Sample
under 46
Rateable Value 10
Rates, Births and Deaths 12, 13
Rat Repression 54-56
Refuse Disposal 44, 45
Remarks on Various Death
Causes 17-19
Rent & Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Act 45
Report on Investigation concerning
Infants not Wholly
Breast Fed 32, 33
Respiratory System, Diseases
of 19
Rodent Control 54-56
S
Sanitary Conveniences 57
Sanitary Work—Summaries
etc. 58, 59
Scabies 75
Scarlet Fever 18, 75
Scavenging and Refuse Disposal
44, 45
Sewers—Baiting of 56
Sheets—Supply of for Expec-
tant Mothers 30, 31
Shops Act, 1934 46
Slaughterhouses 66
Smallpox 17, 72
Smoke Abatement 36, 37
Social Conditions of the Area 10-12
Page
Staff of Public Health
Department 5-7
Statistical Tables Appendix
Street Traders 68
Survey of Underground
Water Supplies 47-53
T
Treatment Centres 20-22
Tuberculosis 18,76,77
Tuberculosis Care Committee 85-87
Tuberculosis Officer's Report 79-86
Typhoid Fever 18, 75
U
Uninhabited Houses 10
Unsound Food 66, 67
V
Vaccination 72, 88
Verminous Conditions 77
Verminous Premises 45, 78
Violent Deaths 19
Vital Statistics 10-19 &
Appendix
Vitamins — Supply of to
Expectant Mothers and
Children 29
W
War Damaged Dwellings 61
Water—Survey of Underground
Supplies 47-53
Water Supply 46,47
Whooping Cough 18, 72
X
X-Ray Examinations 84
Z
Zymotic Diseases 75

Table: CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1947.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1947.

No. In Short ListCausesof Death.Deaths at Subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring wltliin 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. N icholas, DeptfordCharlton and KidbrookeSt. Alfege's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMiller HospitalHerbert Military HospitalBrook HospitalL.C.C.Other InstitutionsOutside Institutions
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers...............................................................
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever211.....................1...1............1......2
3Scarlet Fever...............................................................
4Whooping Cough1...1..................1...........................113
5Diphtheria............................................................1
6Tuberculosis of Respiratory System63......1...827234201322818...2.........1756
7Other Forms of Tuberculosis6...2112.........22...21...............58
8Syphilitic Disease11..................2...43...4211.........28
9Influenza1........................1...........................11
10Measles11.....................1...........................1...
11Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis2.........1......1......11.....................24
12Acute Infectious Encephalitis1......1........................11..................1
13mCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)10..................3772...13..................13
13fCancer of Uterus4..................133......12..................12
14Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum19...............1414121155...2............24
15Cancer of Breast17...............17952197...............212
16Cancer of all other sites92............15374938235263924.........11151
17Diabetes8...............13433115...............111
18Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions82............122059262082832...2......11179
19Heart Disease283.........1311492191086871009845......430313
20Other Diseases of the Circulatory System28...............232310511215...............1030
21Bronchitis654...1...12203727192171311.........333
22Pneumonia6052............1538261222040...1.........3168
23Other Respiratory Diseases24...............34171311951............321
24Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum13...............14861...610...............124
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)44.....................2......22..................35
26Appendicitis4...............21113......3..................7
27Other Digestive Diseases181...............71093...61311............51
28Nephritis8...............31431...43............1...14
29Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis...............................................................
30Other Maternal Causes5............32......2......31...............22
31Premature Birth1616.....................342713...............238
32Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease1312...1...............71142...1.........616
33Suicide6..................425......13...............15
34Road Traffic Accidents4............11...212...13...............15
35Other Violent Causes245...2l......412981617...............546
36All Other Causes572......232133523101232512.........1086
Totals9525167621672265663782093732838111221271371,240