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Woolwich 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 2.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1940.

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TABLE No. 2.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1940.

Causes of Death.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
Causes of Death.	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5 years.	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 45 years.	45 and under 65 years.	65 years and upwards.
All Causes	1,854	66	29	27	272	493	967
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebrospinal fever	5	1	1	1	1	-	1
Scarlet fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	3	..	2	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system	103	-	2	..	67	29	5
Other forms of tuberculosis	12	..	2	..	4	2	1
Syphilitic diseases	16	1	..	..	..	8	7
Influenza	22	..	..	..	2	9	11
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Acute infective encephalitis	2	..	..	..	..	2	..
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M); uterus (F)	33	..	..	..	1	15	17
Cancer of stomach and duodenum	36	..	..	..	4	13	19
Cancer of breast	26	..	..	..	..	15	11
Cancer of all other sites	116	..	1	1	8	36	70
Diabetes	21	..	..	..	6	4	11
Intracranial vascular lesions	113	..	..	..	2	26	85
Heart disease	449	..	..	1	23	96	329
Other diseases of the circulatory system	59	..	..	..	1	17	41
Bronchitis	142	1	1	2	5	34	99
Pneumonia	92	9	5	1	7	34	36
Other respiratory diseases	14	..	1	..	..	5	8
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	32	..	..	..	5	13	14
Diarrhoea under 2 years	6	6	..	..	..	..	..
Appendicitis	8	..	..	1	3	1	3
Other digestive diseases	45	1	1	..	9	17	17
Nephritis	38	..	..	..	7	11	20
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other maternal causes	1	..	..	..	1	..	..
Premature birth	16	16	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases	28	25	1	..	2	..	..
Suicide	12	..	..	..	3	8	1
Road traffic accidents	25	..	1	1	11	3	9
Other violent causes	241	3	10	12	87	69	60
All other causes	137	3	1	3	13	26	91