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Woolwich 1931

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Table: TABLE No. 11.Nett Deaths Registered during 1931, Classified by Sex and Wards.

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TABLE No. 11.

Nett Deaths Registered during 1931, Classified by Sex and Wards.

Causes of Death.	The Borough.		Woolwich.				Plumstead.							Eltham.
Causes of Death.	Males	Females	Dockyard	St. Mary's	River	St. George's	Burrage	Herbert	Glyndon	St. Margaret's	Central	St. Nicholas'	Abbey Wood	Well Hall	Sherard	Avery Hill
All Causes	848	806	76	66	163	88	112	111	131	149	123	173	103	108	128	123
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet fever	l	4	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..
Whooping Cough	2	7	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	1	2	1	..	1	..	..
Diphtheria	4	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	2	..
Influenza	16	18	..	..	8	1	4	4	2	4	..	2	1	4	..	4
Encephalitis lethargica	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebro-Spinal Fever	2	2	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of respiratory system	86	62	5	8	14		6	7	16	12	7	22	14	6	16	7
Other tuberculous diseases	13	7	..	1	3	..	2	1	2	1	..	2	1	1	4	2
Syphilis	7	2	..	..	2	..	1	1	..	2	1	1	1	..	..	..
General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis	3	1	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Cancer, malignant disease	125	95	7	9	20	17	19	11	15	17	13	21	18	14	19	20
Diabetes	5	11	1	3	..	1	1	2	1	..	1	1	5	..	..	..
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.	28	47	3	4	6	5	7	6	5	9	11	4	2	2	3	8
Heart disease	172	195	15	13	44	20	31	25	30	36	33	31	25	20	14	30
Aneurism	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	1	..
Other circulatory diseases	26	17	4	1	6	1	4	2	5	3	3	4	2	3	2	3
Bronchitis	44	47	6	2	6	5	3	9	7	10	11	16	3	3	5	5
Pneumonia (all forms)	63	63	7	8	10	7	7	7	8	7	8	13	12	9	16	7
Other respiratory diseases	11	9	3	o	2	..	1	..	2	1	4	3	..	1	1	..
Peptic ulcer	13	2	3	..	2	..	..	1	2	2	..	3		2	..	..
Diarrhoea, etc.	6	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	..	1	..	1	1	1
Appendicitis	6	3	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	3	2	1	..	..
Cirrhosis of liver	3	..	..	..	1	..	l	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Other diseases of liver, etc.	2	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	1	2
Other digestive diseases	15	19	1	..	1	1	2	5	1	7	2	3	1	2	5	3
Acute and chronic nephritis	25	24	4	1	..	2	3	5	7	9	3	5	1	5	3	1
Puerperal sepsis	..	6	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	1
Other puerperal causes	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital debility, premature birth, mal	25	37	2	6	7	7	3	7	1	4	2	4	2	3	10	4
formation, etc.
Senility	19	37	1	..	7	1	1	3	5	5	10	10	..	9	1	3
Suicide	7	7	..	1	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	4	4
Other violence	43	io	3	2	6	5	3	5	3	1	1	5	3	6	6	4
OfcYier defined diseases Caunen ill-defined or unknown	67 1	61	6	3	13	7	8	5	12	12	7	12	7	10	13	13