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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
Friern Barnet 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Approximate population with number of deaths in each Ward, together with rate per 1,000 living at all ages in each Ward.
| Ward. | Population. | Deaths | Rate per 1,000. |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | 2,227 | 21 | 9.4 |
| Central | 3,290 | 18 | 5.4 |
| South | 2,860 | 33 | 11.8 |
| 8,377 | 72 | 26.6 |
TABLE IV.
Showing total deaths at all ages, 1896, from certain groups of diseases and proportions to 1,000 of population; also number of deaths of infants under one year from other groups of diseases and proportions to 1,000 of population.
| DIVISION 1.—All Ages. | DIVISION II.— Infants under 1 year. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Pulmonary Diseases. | Principal Tubercular Diseases. | "Wasting Diseases. | Convulsive Diseases. | ||||||
| Year. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. | Total Deaths. | Death rate per 1000. |
| 1886 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1.1 | 11 | 2.1 | 6 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.76 |
| 1887 | 6 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.7 | 11 | 2.5 | 9 | 1.75 | 1 | 0.35 |
| 1888 | 11 | 1.5 | 15 | 2.1 | 14 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.05 | o | 0.0 |
| 1889 | 5 | 1.7 | 12 | 2.0 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.05 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 1890 | 11 | 1.4 | 26 | 4.o | 13 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 1891 | 10 | 1.4 | 21 | 3.o | 5 | 0.7 | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.5 |
| 1892 | 7 | 0.1 | 11 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 1893 | 12 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 12 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.8 | 5 | o.6 | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 1895 | 7 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 9 | 1.1 |
| 1896 | 13 | 1.5 | 12 | 1.4 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.4 |
In commenting on the Statistics dealing with births, sickness
and deaths, it is important to bear in mind the conditions of the
District which is now becoming a new suburb of London,
composed chiefly of young married persons, and therefore selected
lives.
The Statistics relating to sickness in your District indicate
that in regard to Measles, a disease that can only be prevented by
the most vigilant means, the methods adopted to prevent the
spread of this illness have been partially successful; in future more
strict methods must be taken to obtain isolation of infected
children at home; disinfection too must be carried out as in other
infectious illnesses ; this may entail increased cost, by employment