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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 1955
[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. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Bronchitis. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 23 | 20 |
| Cancer. | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 25 | 18 | 20 |
| Congenital Malformation. | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Diseases of heart and circulatory system. | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 32 | 67 | 148 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Leukaemia. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Other defined diseases. | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Other diseases of respiratory | |||||||||
| system. | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia. | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| Prematurity. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suicide. | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | I | — |
| Syphilitic disease. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis(Resp) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Ulcer of Stomach. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 85 | 134 | 229 |
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