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Woolwich 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 2.

Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1944.

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
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 Causes1,611831325197458835
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers..............
Cerebrospinal fever2......11..
Scarlet fever..............
Whooping cough1............
Diphtheria1............
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system91......50346
Other forms of tuberculosis9l311
Syphilitic diseases201....1810
Influenza4........13
Measles
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis..............
Acute infective encephalitis1......1
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M); uterus (F)30......l11is
Cancer of stomach and dudenum38......31916
Cancer of breast19........127
Cancer of all other sites136......105868
Diabetes12........210
Intracranial vascular lesions118......33283
Heart disease425......1574336
Other diseases of the circulatory system43......21031
Bronchitis671....32043
Pneumonia6483111635
Other respiratory diseases15..1..482
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum25......2149
Diarrhoea under 2 years1717..........
Appendicitis3......1..1
Other digestive diseases35......41318
Nephritis26......3815
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis1......1....
Other maternal causes2......2....
Premature birth2222........
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases2220..1....1
Suicide9......432
Road traffic accidents5....1112
Other violent causes234io512728253
All other causes1143..793065