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 Finchley]
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Table A.
C auses of and A ges at D eath during the Y ear 1908.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in Whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and | Upwards. | North Finchley. | East Finchley. | West Finchley. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic Influenza | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | |
Enteritis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Septic Diseases | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Phthisis | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 9 | l | 1 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 8 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | l | 2 | |
Cancer, Malignant Diseases | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .. | |
Bronchitis | 27 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |
Pneumonia | 22 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | .. | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||
Venereal Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature Birth | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Heart Disease | 24 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | |
Accidents | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Suicides | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | |
Old Age | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | .. | |
All other causes | 107 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 44 | 30 | 13 | |
All causes | 339 | 54 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 117 | 114 | 137 | 127 | 75 | 25 |