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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE III.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1915.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occuring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents " or " non-Residents " in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and up wards. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All Causes | Certified | 161 | |||||||||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | ||||||||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | ||||||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | |||||||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 73 | ||
| Other diseases ot Respiratory Organs | 12 | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||
| Alcoholism | 14 | ||||||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | |||||||||||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | |||||||||||
| Congenital Debility & Malformation, including Premature | |||||||||||
| Birth | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Senile Decay | 9 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||
| Other defined diseases | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| General Paralysis | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||
| Epilepsy | 5 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 161 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 45 | 205 | |