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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
Southgate 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE II.
Deaths from all causes, divided as to sex and certain age groups, and showing a percentage of total deaths and death-rate per 1,000 of population for each group.
1938.
| Age. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | %of Total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | No. | % of Total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | No. | %°f Total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 | |
| 0— 1 year | 13 | 2.01 | 0.19 | 11 | 1.70 | 0.16 | 24 | 3.71 | 0.35 |
| 1— 5 years | 4 | 0.62 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 6 | 0.93 | 0.09 |
| 5—15 ,, | 3 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.77 | 0.07 |
| 15—25" | 8 | 1 .24 | 0.11 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 13 | 2.01 | 0.18 | |
| 25—45 ,, | 30 | 4.64 | 0.43 | 3.03 | 0.29 | 50 | 7.73 | 0.72 | |
| 45—65 ,, | 97 | 14.99 | 1.40 | 76 | 11.75 | 1.10 | 173 | 26.74 | 2.50 |
| 65 and over | 159 | 24.57 | 2.30 | 217 | 33.54 | 3.13 | 376 | 58.11 | 5.43 |
| Totals | 314 | 48.53 | 4.53 | 333 | 51.47 | 4.81 | 647 | 100.0 | 9.34 |