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Woolwich 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 1.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1941.

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TABLE No. 1.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1941.

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	1,627	65	14	15	241	471	821
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	2	..	..	..	..	2	..
Cerebrospinal fever	5	..	1	..	1	1	1
Scarlet fever	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Whooping cough	3	..	2	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system	113	..	1	..	70	33	9
Other forms of tuberculosis	14	..	2	5	4	1	..
Syphilitic diseases	19	..	..	..	..	14	5
Influenza	17	..	..	..	2	3	12
Measles	2	..	..	1	..	..	..
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Acute infective encephalitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) ; uterus (F)	35	..	..	..	2	11	22
Cancer of stomach and duodenum	32	..	..	..	4	8	20
Cancer of breast	13	..	..	..	..	8	5
Cancer of all other sites	154	..	..	..	3	67	84
Diabetes	9	..	..	..	..	2	7
Intracranial vascular lesions	121	..	..	..	3	31	87
Heart disease	333	..	..	..	15	78	240
Other diseases of the circulatory system	55	..	..	..	1	12	42
Bronchitis	107	5	..	..	4	26	72
Pneumonia	78	8	3	..	7	29	31
Other respiratory diseases	18	..	..	1	3	4	10
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	24	..	..	..	6	12	6
Diarrhoea under 2 years	6	6	..	..	..	..	..
Appendicitis	4	..	..	..	3	..	1
Other digestive diseases	38	..	..	..	2	16	20
Nephritis	31	..	..	..	3	11	17
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other maternal causes	2	..	..	..	2	..	..
Premature birth	16	16	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases	18	16	..	..	2	..	..
Suicide	11	..	..	..	2	6	3
Road traffic accidents	11	..	1	3	1	3	3
Other violent causes	202	5	3	3	82	65	44
All other causes	132	4	1	1	19	28	79