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Scarlet Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this
cause.
No deaths occurred in 1942 and 1943, one death in 1944, none
in 1945, and one in 1946.
Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of one
death, with a Death Rate of 0.01 per thousand.
There was one each for the years 1943 and 1944, none in 1945,
and two in 1946.
Diphtheria.—There were no deaths during the year.
Three deaths occurred in 1942, three in 1943, seven in 1944 and
one each in 1945 and 1946.
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 0.04
per thousand. Last year there were 4 deaths, 13 occurred in 1945,
9 in 1944, 7 in 1943 and 0 in 1942.
Tuberculosis.—This class included the causes of 69 deaths
during the year under review, giving a rate of 0.82.
These figures compare with 64, 60, 50, 53 and 75 the totals,
for the years 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946 respectively, and
the respective Rates of 1.05, 0.94, 0.81, 0.82 and 0.97.
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths. There being 63 attributed
to the cause, or a Rate of 0.76 per thousand as compared with
0.87 for the previous year.
The deaths were allocated to: 20 in East Greenwich, 13 in
West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 28 in Charlton
and Kidbrooke.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 6
deaths.
Cancer.—This disease was responsible for a total of 142 deaths
with a Death Rate of 1.72 per thousand. The number of deaths for
the previous 4 years were 127, 130, 127 and 137.
The distribution of the deaths was as follows : 65 in East
Greenwich, 28 in West Greenwich, 7 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and
42 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.