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Greenwich 1948

[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, 1948.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1948.

No. in Short ListCauses of Death.Deaths at Subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occuring within or without the DistrictDeaths at all Ages of "Residents "belonging to Localities, what her 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 i HospitalBrook Hospital L.C.C.Other InstitutionsOutside Institutions
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid
Fevers..........................................
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever............................................................2
3Scarlet Fever...............................................................
4Whooping Cough11........................1...........................5
5Diphtheria............................................................
6Tuberculosis of Respiratory System57...2...17281632113221911.........1446
7Other Forms of Tuberculosis51......111...11112..................39
8Syphilitic Disease6..................153......311...............5
9Influenza...............................................................
10Measles............................................................3
11Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis...............................................................
12Acute Infectious Encephalitis1...............1......1.........1.....................3
13MCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)3.....................311...1..................15
13FCancer of Uterus6..................4212...32...............15
14Cancer of Stomach and............................................................
Duodenum19..................51295234...1.........318
15Cancer of Breast12..................8461144...1......28
16Cancer of all other sites112..................4857471634626...4.........19140
17Diabetes9..................1842127..................17
18Intra-eranial Vascular Lesions80..................196038142262312.........1292
19Heart Disease223...i.........758157754420844626......226189
20Other Diseases of the Circu
latory System47............1....640171221029...1.........580
21Bronchitis56...i............1340261221614.........1...242
22Pneumonia4410.........31525244...1616......1......1170
23Other Respiratory Diseases13..................4962145...1.........119
24Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum11...............13737...16..................28
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)33.....................11...11.........1...112
26Appendicitis1.........1...............1...............17
27Other Digestive Diseases212i.........3699525111.........744
28Nephritis15...............63681...66...1.........119
29Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis1...............1.........1......1..................1
30Other Maternal Causes1...............1............1...............11
31Premature Birth1212.....................41...78...............425
32Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease1414...............44...65...............514
33Suicide5...............1222...31...............22
34Road Traffic Accidents8......13...1...322...45...1.........212
35Other Violent Causes3211...3253171691621...............743
36All Other Causes44......12...3731181061018...1...1...858
Totals8624462111472212501347171462982706201321391,024

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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 Vales, and who died in the Borough in like manner
have been excluded.