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Greenwich 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December 1971.

No. in Short ListCauses of DeathDeaths 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 "NonResidents in Public In stitutions in the District
All AgesUnder 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 3S35 and under 4545 and under 5555 and under 6565 and under 7575 and upwardsGREENWICHWOOLWICHSt. Alfege's HospitalSeamen's HospitalMiller HospitalHerbert Military HospitalBrook HospitalSt. Nicholas HospitalMemorial HospitalB.H.M.B.E. & M. HospitalOther InstitutionsOutside Institutions
Under 4 wks.4 wks. and under 1 yr.
1Cholera....................................................
2Typhoid Fever....................................................
3Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis....................................................
4Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases2..1................1..2........1......1....4
5Tuberculosis of Respiratory System8............2113117..........3........25
6Other Tuberculosis incllate effects1....................1............................
7Plague....................................................
8Diphtheria....................................................
9Whooping Cough....................................................
10Streptococcal sore throat and Scarlet Fever..................................................1
11Meningococcal Infection....................................................
12Acute Poliomyelitis....................................................
13Smallpox....................................................
14Measles....................................................
15Typhus and other Rickett sioses....................................................
16Malaria1................1....1....1..................1
17Syphilis and its sequelae....................................................
18All other Infective and Parasitic Diseases7....1..1..1..1..352........1..........63
19(1) Malignant Neoplasm Stomach69............161724211554811111121......1156
(2) Malignant Neoplasm Lung, Bronchus156............31649513761951943120182....455124
(3) Malignant Neoplasm Breast58............21614151118405..5..83....212034
(4) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus18..............33753151......344....1317
(5) Leukaemia20......22....13578124......51......1621
(6) Other Malignant Neoplasms etc.265......11411246478828418137511138353..8961245
20Benign Neoplasms and unspecified Neoplasms7......1......1..4125....1..22........218
21Diabetes26..1..........1461471941..1710......1131
22Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency1....................1..1..........1........21
23Anaemias10........2........26281......32..........8
24Meningitis2..................11..2........2............6
25Active Rheumatic Fever2................11....21..................11
26Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease28..........113511710183..2..75......l241
27Hypertensive disease36............117111617193..1..73......l725
28Ischaemic Heart Disease564............7401121682372013635313431161091..32359611
29Other Forms of Heart Disease98........1..1391569257382519163..112897
30Cerebrovascular Disease313........11314268218694219414121766516..11247439
31Influenza2..................11..21....................1
32Pneumonia2801..1........49552108219848651523266..21237373
33(1) Bronchitis and Emphysema142............13236847401021136331252....224147
(2) Asthma7..........12112..161......21..........9
34Peptic Ulcer24............1139107172..1..95........330
35Appendicitis....................................................
36Intestinal Obstruction and Hernia12................228393......42........213
37Cirrhosis of Liver8................71..622..................63
38Nephritis and Nephrosis20..........1....478812..52..36........426
39Hyperplasia of Prostate3..................1212........2..........17
40Abortion2............2..........2..........2..........2
41Other complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium1..........1............1........1............1
42Congenital Anomalies205722..1....111614........7..........720
43Birth Injury, Difficult labour, etc.88....................441............4..1220
44Other Causes of Perinatal Mortality1818....................5131............11....618
45Symptoms and ill-defined conditions10..21........11..537........2..........35
46(1) Other Endocrine Diseases711........112..125....1..21........38
(2) Other Diseases of Blood, etc1..................1....1....................11
(3) Mental Disorders1..............1........1....................1..
(4) Other Diseases of the Nervous System, etc.13..1....21114..33101..2112........118
(5) Other Diseases of the Circulatory System103..............1132564386511..3..16191..2614104
(6) Other Diseases of the Respiratory System1915........1..6246133......24........719
(7) Other Diseases of the Digestive System23..............229106173..1..87........132
(8) Other Diseases of the Genito-urinary System12..............2217391......22......1613
(9)....................................................
(10) Other Diseases of the Musculo-Skeletal System10........1..1..1..7282......52......1..19
47Motor Vehicle Accidents38......41052256416221..21134........1754
48All other Accidents36..12333..37S917191..4..12..........842
49Suicide and Self-inflicted Injuries26....1..125691112141......62........214
50All other external causes4......13............13..........2........12
Totals25423419814282150159419681110982617162873310215496407991520894502790

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.