Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table 1.
Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1904.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in, or belonging to Whole District at subjoined Ages | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Southgate. | New Southgate. | Winchmore Hill. | Palmers Gr. and Bowes. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
Diarrhœa | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
Phthisis | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 3 | .. |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. |
Bronchitis | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. |
Pneumonia | 16 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Diseases of the Heart and Circulation | 17 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. |
Bright's Disease | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Cancer | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. |
Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Senile Decay | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .. |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Premature Birth | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Wasting and Debility from Birth | 13 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. |
Diseases of Nervous System, including Apoplexy and Convulsions | 15 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. |
Accidents & Found Dead | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Suicide | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
All other causes | 18 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .. |
All causes | 172 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 49 | 42 | 56 | 30 | 44 | 10 |
N.B.—The public Institution included in above Table refers to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospital at Winchmore Hill. This is the only public institution
in the district.