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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 2.
ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1939 FOR TIE WHOLE DISTRICT.
| Causes of death | No. Reg. | At Ages | Wards | Out. tr. | In tr | M. | F. | Nett Deaths | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-55 | 65&0. | N. | S. | C. | F.H. | |||||||
| Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 9 | - | — | — | - | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Cancer | 36 | - | - | — | - | - | 3 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 30 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 |
| Congenital debility etc. | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | - | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Diabetes | 3 | — | - | -_ | 1 | — | — | 2 | - | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| General Paralysis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Heart disease | 47 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 49 | 58 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Nephritis | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Other circulatory diseases. | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 11 |
| Other defined diseases | 22 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 28 |
| Other purperal causes. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Other violence | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 17 |
| Puerperal sepsis | - | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Senility | 6 | - | — | - | — | — | — | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Suicide | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis of resp. sys. | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 239 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 109 | 168 | 76 | 82 | 71 | 121 | 130 | 111 | 139 | 211 | 220 |