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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
Hendon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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SENILE MORTALITY.
229 deaths of residents over 65 years of age were registered,
a percentage of 41 of the total deaths of residents.
INQUESTS.
Natural Causes 29
Accidents and Misadventures 18
Open Verdicts 2
Suicides 11
The following table gives a comparison of the vital
statistics and the incidence of and deaths from certain
diseases in the various Wards. The infant mortality rates
are calculated on such low figures that not very much
importance can be attached to them.