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Woolwich 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 2.Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1944.

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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.
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	1,611	83	13	25	197	458	835
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cerebrospinal fever	2	..	..	..	1	1	..
Scarlet fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping cough	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system	91	..	..	..	50	34	6
Other forms of tuberculosis	9			l	3	1	1
Syphilitic diseases	20	1	..	..	1	8	10
Influenza	4	..	..	..	..	1	3
Measles
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute infective encephalitis	1	..	..	..	1
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M); uterus (F)	30	..	..	..	l	11	is
Cancer of stomach and dudenum	38	..	..	..	3	19	16
Cancer of breast	19	..	..	..	..	12	7
Cancer of all other sites	136	..	..	..	10	58	68
Diabetes	12	..	..	..	..	2	10
Intracranial vascular lesions	118	..	..	..	3	32	83
Heart disease	425	..	..	..	15	74	336
Other diseases of the circulatory system	43	..	..	..	2	10	31
Bronchitis	67	1	..	..	3	20	43
Pneumonia	64	8	3	1	1	16	35
Other respiratory diseases	15	..	1	..	4	8	2
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	25	..	..	..	2	14	9
Diarrhoea under 2 years	17	17	..	..	..	..	..
Appendicitis	3	..	..	..	1	..	1
Other digestive diseases	35	..	..	..	4	13	18
Nephritis	26	..	..	..	3	8	15
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	1	..	..	..	1	..	..
Other maternal causes	2	..	..	..	2	..	..
Premature birth	22	22	..	..		..	..
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases	22	20	..	1	..	..	1
Suicide	9	..	..	..	4	3	2
Road traffic accidents	5	..	..	1	1	1	2
Other violent causes	234	io	5	12	72	82	53
All other causes	114	3	..	7	9	30	65