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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 2 ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF AN D AGES AT DEA TH DURING THE YEAR 1945, FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
| Causes of Death. | No Regd. | At-Ages. | Wards. | Out Tr. | In _Tr. | M. | F. | Nett deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65&0. | N. | S. | C. | A. | |||||||
| Accident | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arterio-sclerosis | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 15 |
| Bronchitis | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Cancer | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 37 | 22 | 33 | 40 | 36 |
| Cerebral-haemorrhage | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 19 |
| Cerebral Thrombosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Congenital debility | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Dementia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| General Paralysis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 96 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 24 | 91 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 27 | 55 | 68 | 83 |
| Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Nephritis | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| other Def. Diseases | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 15 |
| other Tubcrcular diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Violence | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | _ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 13 |
| Senility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shock | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Suicide | 2 | - | - | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Resp. system | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| War Operations | 5 | - | _ | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 282 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 122 | 210 | 76 | 64 | 100 | 168 | 175 | 126 | 214 | 194 | 233 |