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Scarlet Fever.—There were no deaths arising from this
cause, the position being similar to that of 1947. None 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,
two in 1946 and one in 1947.
Diphtheria.—No deaths occurred during the year.
Three were recorded for 1942, three in 1943, seven in 1944, one
each in 1945 and 1946 and none in 1947.
Enteric Fever.—No deaths have been recorded from this
disease since 1941.
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.—Three deaths were
stated to be due to this cause, equalling a Death Rate of 0.03 per
thousand. Last year there were 4 deaths, 4 occurred in 1946, 13
in 1945, 9 in 1944, 7 in 1943 and none in 1942.
Tuberculosis.—This class included 62 deaths giving a rate of
0.73.
These figures compare with 64, 60, 50, 53, 75 and 69, the totals
for the years 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947 respectively,
and the respective Rates of 1.05, 0.94, 0.81, 0.82, 0.97 and 0.82.
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System is, as usual, credited
with the major portion of these deaths. There being 57 attributed
to the cause, or a Rate of 0.67 per thousand as compared with 0.76
for the previous year.
The deaths were allocated to : 21 in East Greenwich, 13 in
West Greenwich, 2 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and 21 in Charlton
and Kidbrooke.
The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 5
deaths.
Cancer.—This disease was responsible for a total of 152 deaths
with a Death Rate of 1.80 per thousand. The number of deaths for
the previous 5 years were 127, 130, 127, 137 and 142.
The distribution of the deaths was as follows : 64 in East
Greenwich, 25 in West Greenwich, 6 in St. Nicholas, Deptford, and
57 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.