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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
Southgate 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Table A.—Table of DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Southgate Urban District, classified according to Diseases,
Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from am. Causes at Subjoining Ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25.1 | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Fevers. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentry. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthitis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries, | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||
| Enteric or Typhoid. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southgate | 58 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 15 | Under 5 | .. | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | |||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Southgate | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 11 | |||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| Winchmore Hill | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | |||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Palmers Green and Bowes | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 10 | 19 | |||||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 150 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 36 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 65 | ||||||
| 5 upwds. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 95 | |||||||||||||
| The subjoined numbers are not taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Under 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 upwds | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||