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Greenwich 1954

[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, 1954.

CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, during the year ended 31st December, 1954.

No. in Short Lit 1Causesof 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 fttitutions in the Digtxict-
All AgesUnder 11 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and under 7575 and upwardsGreenwich East| Greenwich WestSt. Nicholas, DeptfordCharlton and KldbrookeSt. Alfeee's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMiller HospitalHerbert Military HospitalBrook HospitalOther InstitutionsOutside Institutions
Under 4 mths.4 mths. and UDder 1 yr.
iTuberculosis, Respiratory15...............1561231293............532
2Tuberculosis, Other.........................................................
3Syphilitic Disease3..................1...2...11...1............18
4Diphtheria.........................................................
5Whooping Cough.........................................................
6Meningococcal Infections3...1......1...............2...11.........2...4
7Acute Poliomyelitis1............1..................1..................1...1
8Measles......................................................
9Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases.....................................................................
10Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach23..................l976104...913...3.........146
11Malignant, Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus46..................2418414912220...4.........284
12Malignant Neoplasm, Breast18..................384316...117...............614
13Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus3..................12......3...............13
14Other Malignant and Lym-phatic Neoplasms73..................326222224171312839.........5136
16Leukaemin, Aleukaemia9..................6...1113...52...1...1...115
16Diabetes3........................1211...1........................17
17Vascular Lesions of Nervous System83..................1182539241833824116...4171
18Coronary 1 disease, Angina105..................4343829432014121461315107
19Hypertension with Heart Disease20..................65954297...............221
20Other Heart Disease125............1...61323825719742436......13110
21Other Circulatory Disease53..................38142820152162432......9178
22Influenza.....................................................................
23Pneumonia3131...............4914811...111212......584
24Bronchitis451...............1011231012...20911...1...264
26Other Diseases of Respiratory System4...............112............4..................28
26Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum12.....................27363...37...2............222
27Gastrit s, Enteritis and Diarrhoea41..................12211...1...1...26
28Nephritis und Nephrosis8..................14125213......215
29Hyperplasia of Prostate5..................11321...24......16
30Pregnancy, Childbirth, abor-tion..................................................................
31Congenital Malformations971............1......15...322...1...416
32Other defined and ill-defined Diseases5915.........l...l10141516122292136...4...13 7139 oo
33Motor Vehicle Accidents11..................421313711...2.../ q22
34All other Accidents14..................31263416522...0 113
35Suicide9............24...341l33...1
36Homieide and Operations of War..................................................................
Totals7942731543451932103032641732932825721491221101,355
Note.—All " Transferable Deaths " of residents, t.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 11