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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TABLE IV.
Causes or, and Ages at, Death During Year 1908.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at subjoined Ages | Deaths in Localities (all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North | South, | Central. | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet fever | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Whooping cough | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria including membranous croup . | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epidemic influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Enteritis | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | |
Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | l | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Cancer, malignant disease | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
Bronchitis | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | |
Pneumonia | 8 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
Pleurisy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | 1 | |
Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Alcoholism ) Cirrhosis of liver J | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | .. | |
Venereal diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Premature birth | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Disease and accidents of parturition | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Heart diseases | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | |
Accidents | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Suicides | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Epilepsy | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Senile | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Influenza | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | |
General Parlysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 35 | |
Melancholia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . , | 21 | |
Dementia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | |
Colitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
All other causes | 35 | 18 | 4 | .. | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | ||
All causes | 120 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 69 | 36 | 175 |