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Greenwich 1949

[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, 1949.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1949.

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 In stitutions 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. Alfece's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMiller HospitalHerbert M ilitary HospitalBrook HospitalOther InstitutionsOutside Institutions
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers............................................................2
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever...............................................................
3Scarlet Fever...............................................................
4Whooping Cough11......................................................2
5Diphtheria............................................................1
6Tuberculosis of Respiratory System41...1......6191231210218111............659
7Other Forms of Tuberculosis5...2......1...2...23.........1............44
8Syphilitic Disease10..................3733...42...............18
9Influenza9..................3642...311............15
10Measles............................................................1
11Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis............................................................1
12Acute Infectious Encephalitis...............................................................
13mCancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)13..................11255123...............86
13fCancer of Uterus6..................4212l23..................6
14Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum35.........1...31021107117811.........430
15Cancer of Breast15...............16841374...1......118
16Cancer of all other sites101......2......63 85540207343232......120127
17Diabetes3..................121...111...............14
18Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions95...2372312224028.31285
19Heart Disease250.........115412028848111023 121...3235164
20Other Diseases of the Circulatory System57...............19473271173413...11098
21Bronchitis55...............15402314216412......442
22Pneumonia66...21.........1542331032037...1...2...8122
23Other Respiratory Diseases21............1110963...12521.........219
24Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum13...............14838...2411.........317
25Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)11........................1..................1......8
26Appendicitis4............2...113......1111.........153
27Other Digestive Diseases21...............3216104251312.........215
28Nephritis8............2...1531...421............1...
29Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis1...............1......1.........1..................1
30Other Maternal Causes............................................................1
31Premature Birth88.....................41...34...............415
32Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease19181..................36376...1.........918
33Suicide12...............14753...44...1............11
34Road Traffic Accidents5......11...1...21...132...1.........210
35Other Violent Causes252.........37211810...710...3......1833
36All Other Causes42............24432198...151612...1...1054
Totals942366431854211610354199413482671827...961571,036

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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.