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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 2.
ANALYSIS OF TEE CAUSES OF AND AGES AT HEATH DURING THE YEAR 1947 FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
| Cause of Death | No. Reg. | In Trans | At Ages. | Wards. | M | F. | Nett Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & 0 | N. | S. | c | E. | W. | ||||||
| Accident | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Appendicitis | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Arterio-sclerosis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Cancer | 34 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 31 | ll | 12 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 19 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Congenital Debility | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Diarrhoea etc. | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Heart Disease | 67 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 18 | 62 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 37 | 33 |
| Nephritis | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Other defined diseases | 3 4 | 9 | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Other digestive dis. | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | l | - | 2 | — | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Senility | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Suicide | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilitic diseases | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulm) | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Whooping Caugh | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 159 | 105 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 160 | 75 | 54 | 62 | 26 | 47 | 133 | 131 | 264 |