[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough].

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1935]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    20 Scarlet Fever.—This disease occasioned 3 deaths during the year. Three deaths occurred in 1930, 1 in 1931, 1 in 1932 and 3 in 1933. Whooping Cough.—This disease was given as the cause of 6 deaths, with a Death Rate of .08 per 1,000. There were 6 deaths in the years 1931 and 1932, and 8 in 1933. Diphtheria.—There were 5 deaths during the year. This gives a Death Rate of .05 comparing with .14 for the previous year. Fourteen deaths occurred in 1933, 7 in 1932, 11 in 1931 and 12 in 1930. Three of the patients were under five years of age. Typhoid Fever.—There were no deaths ascribed to this disease during the year. There were 0 in 1933 and 1932, 1 in 1931 and 0 in 1930. Diarrhcea, Dysentery and Zymotic Enteritis.—Thirty deaths were stated to be due to these causes, equalling a Death Rate of .30 per 1,000. Last year there were 17 deaths, 24 in 1932, 16 in 1931, 7 in 1930, and 11 in 1929. Influenza.—There were 10 deaths due to this cause during the year. Four occurred in East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich, and 4 in Charlton and Kidbrooke. Tuberculosis. This class includes the causes of 85 deaths during the year under review, with a rate of .87. These figures compare with 115, 112, 87 and 106, the totals of the years 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 respectively, and the respective rates of 1.10, 1.12, .86 and 1.08. Tuberculosis of the Lungs (Consumption) is, as usual, credited with the major portion of these deaths, there being 75 attributed to the cause or a rate of .77 per 1,000 as compared with .96 for the last year. Locally the deaths were 23 in East Greenwich (Death Rate .56) ; 5 in St. Nicholas, Deptford (Death Rate .79) ; 24 in Charlton and Kidbrooke (Death Rate .89) ; 23 in West Greenwich (Death Rate .95). The remaining forms of Tuberculosis were responsible for 10 deaths, 2 of which occurred in East Greenwich, 5 in West Greenwich, 1 in St. Nicholas, and 2 in Charlton and Kidbrooke.