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Woolwich 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 1.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1942.

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TABLE No. 1.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1942.

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	1,410	71	10	14	169	378	768
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebrospinal fever	2	..	1	..	..	1	..
Scarlet fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping cough	7	5	2	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	2	..	1	1	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system	91	..	..	2	62	21	6
Other forms of tuberculosis	11	1	1	1	4	3	1
Syphilitic diseases	17	..	..	..	2	5	10
Influenza	7	1	..	..	..	2	4
Measles	2	..	1	1	..	..	..
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	1	..	..	..	1	..	..
Acute infective encephalitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) ; uterus (F)	35	..	..	..	1	12	22
Cancer of stomach and duodenum	43	..	..	..	2	23	18
Cancer of breast	23	..	..	..	2	14	7
Cancer of all other sites	144	..	..	..	11	56	77
Diabetes	17	..	..	..	5	3	9
Intracranial vascular lesions	129	..	..	..	3	36	90
Heart disease	366	..	..	..	20	74	272
Other diseases of the circulatory system	55	..	..	..	..	9	46
Bronchitis	85	3	..	..	5	28	49
Pneumonia	69	12	3	1	8	18	27
Other respiratory diseases	9	1	..	..	1	4	3
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	17	..	..	..	3	7	7
Diarrhoea under 2 years	5	5	..	..	..	..	..
Appendicitis	2	..	..	..	1	..	1
Other digestive diseases	31	..	..	2	3	8	18
Nephritis	47	..	..	..	7	17	23
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other maternal causes	3	..	..	..	3	..	..
Premature birth	22	22	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases	14	13	..	..	..	1	..
Suicide	11	..	..	..	1	7	3
Road traffic accidents	5	..	..	2	2	..	1
Other violent causes	34	3	1	..	5	7	18
All other causes	104	5	..	4	17	22	56