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Finchley 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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20
Senile Mortality.
Of the 360 deaths of Finchley parishioners, 83 were of
persons over 70 years of age. The proportion of deaths occurring
amongst those over 70 years of age to the total deaths
was therefore 23 per cent., the same figure as last year.
Any inference drawn from this figure as to the healthiness
or otherwise of the neighbourhood must be made with
some caution, as the proportion borne by the deaths of
old people must depend mainly on the age-distribution of the
population, this in turn depending on a very large number of contributory causes.
The indication, however, is on the whole favourable.
| 65 and under 70 | 70 and under 80. | 80 and under 90 | 90 and upwards. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
| Second Quarter | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| Third Quarter | 11 | 5 | 5 | — | 21 |
| Fourth Quarter | — | 16 | 8 | — | 24 |
| Total | 24 | 49 | 31 | 3 | 107 |
Epidemic or Zymotic Mortality.
The diseases grouped together in the Registrar General's
Reports under the term Principal Epidemic Diseases are
Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
"Fever" (including Typhus, Enteric or Typhoid
Fever, and Simple Continued Fever), and Diarrhoea.
The Epidemic Death-Rate for 1906 was 1.53, as contrasted
with 0.63 in 1905, and 1.72 in 1904. The average for
the ten years, 1896 to 1905, was 1.21.