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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 1963
[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
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AT AGES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | l 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 | l | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 14 | 4 |
| Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 14 | 3 |
| Congenital-malformation | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Diseases of heart and circulatory system | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 52 | 83 | 161 |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | 1 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Leukaemia | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Other defined | |||||||||
| diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Other respiratory | |||||||||
| diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 11 | 43 |
| Prematurity | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis(Resp) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 114 | 147 | 242 |
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