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 2.
ANALYSIS OF THE CAI S ES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE DURING THE YEAR 1942, FOR TITS WHOLE DISTRICT.
Causes of Death. | No. Regd | 0-1 | 1-2 | AtAges. | Wards. | Out Tran. | In Train | M. | F. | Nett deaths | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & 0 | N. | S. | C. | ||||||||||
Accident. | 6 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |
Appendicitis . | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||
Arterio-sclerosis | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
Bronchitis | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
Cancer | 71 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 38 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 51 | 24 | 54 | 41 | 44 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 33 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 27 | |
Congenital debility | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Diabetes | 3 | — | - | — | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Diarrhoea | - | 2 | - | - | — | — | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Dementia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | — | 2 | - | ||
Rpilepsy | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Heart disease | 122 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 13 | 37 | 93 | 35 | 16 | 30 | 65 | 66 | 24 | 64 | 82 | 80 |
Influenza | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ill-defined diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |||
Menengitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 |
Nephritis | 19 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 | 6 | - | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | |
Other defined diseases | 44 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 36 | 21 | 17 | |
Other Tubercular diseases | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Pnemmonia | 39 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 18 |
Senility | 4 | - | — | - | — | - | - | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
Suicide | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | — | - | ||
Syphillis | 3 | - | - | - | — | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
Tuberculosis of Resp. system. | 25 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | - | - | — | — | — | 2 | - | - | — | - | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | |
Other Vioilence | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
TOTALS. | 413 | l 15 | - | 3 | 3 | 14 | 71 | 176 | 258 | 106 | 73 | 82 | 279 | 282 | 127 | 277 | 263 | 258 |