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Woolwich 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 1.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1943.

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TABLE No. 1.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1943.

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	1,558	77	13	14	173	412	869
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	2	..	..	..	1	1	..
Cerebrospinal fever	1	..	1	..	..	..	..
Scarlet fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping cough	1	..	1	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system	97	..	..	..	57	34	6
Other forms of tuberculosis	15	..	2	4	5	2	2
Syphilitic diseases	21	..	..	..	..	7	14
Influenza	28	1	..	..	4	8	15
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute infective encephalitis	3	..	..	..	1	1	1
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M); uterus (F)	27	..	..	..	1	12	14
Cancer of stomach and duodenum	32	..	..	..	1	14	17
Cancer of breast	27	..	..	..	2	12	13
Cancer of all other sites	161	..	1	..	12	56	92
Diabetes	15	..	..	..	..	6	9
Intracranial vascular lesions	132	..	..	..	4	39	89
Heart disease	413	..	1	..	19	85	308
Other diseases of the circulatory system	35	..	..	..	2	7	26
Bronchitis	94	3	1	..	1	28	61
Pneumonia	67	9	3	..	5	12	38
Other respiratory diseases	21	1	..	1	3	8	8
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	20	..	..	..	6	8	6
Diarrhoea under 2 years	9	9	..	..	..	..	..
Appendicitis	10	..	..	..	2	2	6
Other digestive diseases	36	1	..	..	4	14	17
Nephritis	48	..	..	..	9	10	29
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	1	..	..	..	1	..	..
Other maternal causes	3	..	..	..	3	..	..
Premature birth	23	23	..	..	..	..	..
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases	27	26	..	..	..	1	..
Suicide	12	..	..	..	4	5	3
Road traffic accidents	7	..	..	2	..	2	3
Other violent causes	49	3	1	4	15	8	18
All other causes	120	1	2	2	11	30	74