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Friern Barnet 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE IV.—CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING YEAR 1903.
| Deaths in Whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages) | Ubaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes op Death. | | All Ages | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North W ard. | South Ward. | Central Ward. | Asylum. | Union. | ||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||||||
| Measles | 8 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria and Mem | ||||||||||||||
| branous Croup | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | |||||||||||||
| Enter1c | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| other cont1nued | ||||||||||||||
| Epidem1c Influenza | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Cholera | ||||||||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Enteritis | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 44 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ... | 36 | 2 | 38 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... | 7 | |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Bronchitis | 19 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ... | 7 | ... | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | 22 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ... | 15 | |
| Pleurisy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of Respi | ||||||||||||||
| ratory Organs | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Alcoholism | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Heart Diseases | 29 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ... | 15 | |
| Accidents | 56 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 51 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 53 | 53 | ||
| Suicides | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Senile Decay | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |
| General Paralysis | 29 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | ... | 29 | ||
| Epilepsy | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | |
| Exhaustion of Dementia | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 7 | |
| Melancholia | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | |
| Ulcerative Colitis | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 15 | ||
| All other causes | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 17 | |||
| All causes | 358 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 214 | 72 | 14 | 57 | 25 | 254 | 8 | 262 | |
In recording the facte under the various headings of TableB 1, 2, 3 and 4, attention has
been given to the notes on the Tables.
FRANK A. SPREAT, D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health.
January 22nd, 1904.