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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 1955
[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-rates per 1,000 of population for each age group.
1955
| FEMALES | MALES | TOTALS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | No. | %of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 | No. | % of total death: | Rate per 1,000 | No. | %of total deaths | Rate per 1,000 |
| 0- 1 year | 7 | 0.88 | 0.09 | 8 | 0.98 | 0.11 | 15 | 1.85 | 0.20 |
| 1- 5 years | |||||||||
| 5-15 years | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-25 years | — | — | — | 3 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.40 | 0.04 |
| 25-45 years | 8 | 0.98 | 0.11 | 12 | 1.48 | 0.16 | 20 | 2.47 | 0.27 |
| 45-65 years | 63 | 7.84 | 0.86 | 99 | 12.23 | 1.37 | 162 | 20.07 | 2.23 |
| Over 65 years | 336 | 41.53 | 4.60 | 273 | 33.68 | 3.69 | 609 | 75.21 | 8.29 |
| Totals | 414 | 51.23 | 5.66 | 395 | 48.77 | 5.37 | 809 | 100.00 | 11.03 |