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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 4.
ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | AT AGES. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and Over. | |
| Accident. | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Bronchitis. | - | - | - | - | -- | - | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Cancer. | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 8 | 12 |
| Congenital Malformation. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diseases of heart & circulatory system. | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 33 | 42 | 74 |
| Enteritis. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leukaemia. | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Nephritis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Other defined disease. | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Pneumonia. | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Prematurity. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suicide. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis. Resp. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ulcer of Stomach. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL. | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 71 | 116 |
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