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Table: TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1968.

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TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1968.

No. in Sort List	Causes of Death	Deaths at Subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District											Deaths at all Ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District		Deaths of "Residents" in Public Institutions											Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents in Public Institutions in the District
		All Ages	Under 1		1 and under 2	2 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and upwards	GREENWICH	WOOLWICH	St. Alfege's Hospital	Seamen's Hospital	Miller Hospital	Herbert Military Hospital	Brook Hospital	St. Nicholas Hospital	Memorial Hospital	B.H.M.B.	E. & M. Hospital	Other Institutions	Outside Institutions
		All Ages	Under 4 wks.	4 wks. and under 1 yr.	1 and under 2	2 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and upwards	GREENWICH	WOOLWICH	St. Alfege's Hospital	Seamen's Hospital	Miller Hospital	Herbert Military Hospital	Brook Hospital	St. Nicholas Hospital	Memorial Hospital	B.H.M.B.	E. & M. Hospital	Other Institutions	Outside Institutions
1	Tuberculosis, Respiratory	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	1	1	4	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	3	5
2	Tuberculosis, Other	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3	Syphilitic Disease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
4	Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
5	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
6	Meningococcal Infections	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
7	Acute Poliomyelitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
8	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
9	Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
10	Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach	54	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	18	14	21	18	36	9	..	1	..	4	9	4	..	3	1	7	47
11	Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus	152	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	55	73	22	50	102	17	1	6	2	23	12	3	..	3	3	34	129
12	Malignant Neoplasm, Breast	45	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	21	12	7	10	35	4	..	1	..	3	9	3	..	5	1	7	44
13	Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus	16	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	4	7	1	4	12	..	..	1	..	7	3	1	..	1	..	1	10
14	Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms	262	..	..	..	..	1	1	11	80	88	81	84	178	31	5	7	1	20	36	18	..	4	5	54	243
15	Leukaemia, Aleukaemia	11	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	3	5	..	4	7		..	2	..	2	3	..	..	..	..	1	14
16	Diabetes	15	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	7	7	4	11	3	..	2	..	2	4	..	..	..	1	1	17
17	Vascular Lesions of Nervous System	300	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	39	68	190	83	217	44	4	9	3	78	57	3	..	3	9	32	427
18	Coronary Disease, Angina	346	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	98	104	134	116	230	36	2	17	1	21	47	19	..	1	11	46	261
19	Hypertension with Heart Dis-Disease	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	2	5	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	1	..	1	7
20	Other Heart Disease	462	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	65	118	274	150	312	84	11	9	1	96	64	10	..	3	13	60	530
21	Other Circulatory Disease	133	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	15	78	87	45	88	37	..	3	1	73	13	9	..	..	3	16	158
22	Influenza	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	3	2	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	4
23	Pneumonia	231	..	4	1	3	1	..	2	21	40	159	91	140	65	3	9	1	47	77	4	..	7	5	43	266
24	Bronchitis	196	..	4	..	1	..	..	3	32	70	86	70	126	23	4	9	1	20	33	8	..	..	8	24	186
25	Other Diseases of Respiratory System	18	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	7	6	4	14	..	..	..	..	2	5	..	..	..	..	5	14
26	Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5	9	7	12	2	1	3	..	3	7	1	..	..	..	2	27
27	Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea	11	..	3	..	..	..	..	1	2	3	2	2	9	..	..	..	..	2	3	3	..	..	..	..	15
28	Nephritis and Nephrosis	20	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	5	11	8	12	5	3	2.	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	4	29
29	Hyperplasia of Prostate	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	2	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	7
30	Pregnancy, Childbirth, abortion	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
31	Congenital Malformations	16	6	5	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	4	12	1	..	..	..	5	..	..	3	..	2	5	19
32	Other defined and ill-defined Diseases	145	35	1	1	..	3	3	2	18	21	61	54	91	18	1	6	..	29	16	11	12	7	3	77	217
33	Motor Vehicle Accidents	25	..	1	..	1	3	4	1	7	7	6	10	15	5	..	3	..	2	7	1	..	..	..	7	45
34	All other Accidents	28	..	..	..	3	1	1	3	..	8	9	10	18	2	..	..	..	3	4	5	..	..	1	8	33
35	Suicide	27	..	..	..	..	..	3	10	9	4	1	12	15	1	..	2	..	..	3	7	..	..	2	6	13
36	Homicide and Operations of War	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Totals	2556	41	18	2	9	13	16	66	507	695	1189	847	1709	382	36	92	12	395	355	108	15	28	69	396	2776

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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.

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Table: TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1968.

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