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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Friern Barnet 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Developmental Diseases—
| Atrophy | 5 16 dys. 1½ ms. 3 dys. 2¾ ms. 1¼ ms. |
| Premature Birth | 8 6 ms. 6 ms. 7 ms. 7 ms. 6 ms. 7 ms. 6 ms. 8 ms. |
| Old Age | 1 83. |
| Congenital Malformation— | |
| Cleft palate | 1 7 dys. |
| Influenza | 1 63 yrs. |
| Local Diseases— | |
| 1. Brain— | |
| Convulsions | 3 4 dys. 5 ms. 7 ms. |
| Meningitis | 1 6 yrs. |
| Other diseases of Brain | 3 49. 52. 12. |
| Apoplexy | 1 63. |
| 2. Circulation— | |
| Heart | 4 76. 68. 58. 44. |
| 3. Respiration— | |
| Pneumonia | 11 14 ms. 6 ms. 2 ms. 3¾ yrs. 3 ms. 2½ ms. 6 ms. 5 ms. 2¾ yrs. 1 yr. |
| Bronchitis | 3 79. 71. 83. |
| 4. Disease of Stomach— | |
| Stomach diseases | 8 86. 72. 2. 55. 1 mth. 57. 52 2 ms. |
| 5. Diseases of Urinary Organs— | |
| Brights Disease | 3 37. 39. 7 yrs. |
| Parturition— | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 31. |
| Scrofula— | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 4 yrs. |
| Violence- | |
| Accidents | |
| Scald | 1 20 ms. |
| Fall | 1 14 ms. |
| Total | 77 |
The mean age at death for the year 1894 was 21 years; 1893 it was
24 ; 1892, 23, 1891, 28 years.
Table IV.
Showing total deaths at all ages in 1894 from certain groups of diseases
and proportions to 1,000 of population; also number of infants under 1
year from other groups of diseases and proportion to 1,000 of population.