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 Friern Barnet]
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Total Deaths at all ages :—
Deaths in District. | Deaths in Asylum. | |
---|---|---|
1884 | 62 | 181 |
1885 | 66 | 179 |
1886 | 68 | 194 |
1887 | 53 | 190 |
1888 | 71 | 194 |
1889 | 75 | 229 |
1890 | 94 | 243 |
1891 | 84 | 233 |
1892 | 79 | 259 |
1893 | 76 | 231 |
1894 | 77 | 177 |
1895 | 771 | 200 |
*Including deaths of two persons in Hospitals situated outside the district.
Deaths trom all causes during the year 1895: —
Under 5 years. | Over 5 yeas. | |
---|---|---|
Typhoid Fever | 0 | 1* |
Diarrhœa | 3 | 0 |
Pyæmia | 1 | 0 |
Cancer | 0 | 5* |
Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 0 |
Tubercular Peritonitis | 1 | 1 |
Tubercular Disease of Bone | 0 | 1 |
Phthisis or Consumption | 0 | 5 |
Disease of the Nervous System | 0 | 1 |
Convulsions | 11 | 0 |
Heart Disease | 3 | 6 |
Bronchitis | 2 | 4 |
Diseases of Digestive Organs | 2 | 5 |
Premature Birth | 5 | 0 |
Wasting Diseases | 3 | 1 |
Old Age | 0 | 2 |
Accident | 0 | 1 |
General Paralysis of Insane | 0 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 2 |
Influenza | 0 | 2 |
Apoplexy | 0 | 5 |
34 | 43 |
*Both of these deaths, one typhoid fever and one cancer, were registered in
another district: but as the persons who died were residents of Friern Barnet,
the deaths are included in Friern Barnet returns.
Two hundred deaths were registered in the London County Asylum, Colney
Hatch, during the year 1895; 95 males, 105 females. These deaths were equal
to a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 of the population living in the Asylum at all ages.
The causes of deaths in the Asylum were the following: —
Exhaustion from General Paralysis 41
Exhaustion from Mania, Dementia, or Melancholia 107
Exhaustion from Epilepsy 14
Pneumonia 1
Cancer 9
Phithisis 6
Various Diseases 17
Scarlet Fever 1
Diarrhœa 4
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