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Friern Barnet 1895

[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.
188462181
188566179
188668194
188753190
188871194
188975229
189094243
189184233
189279259
189376231
189477177
1895771200

*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 Fever01*
Diarrhœa30
Pyæmia10
Cancer05*
Tubercular Meningitis10
Tubercular Peritonitis11
Tubercular Disease of Bone01
Phthisis or Consumption05
Disease of the Nervous System01
Convulsions110
Heart Disease36
Bronchitis24
Diseases of Digestive Organs25
Premature Birth50
Wasting Diseases31
Old Age02
Accident01
General Paralysis of Insane01
Pneumonia22
Influenza02
Apoplexy05
3443

*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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