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Barnet 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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Table V.
BARNET URBAN DISTRICT.
Causes or Death in Localities during the Year , 1914.
| Causes of Death. | Total. | Deaths in Localities. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping Barnet. | Arkley. | Hadley (part of). | South Mimms Urban. | Totteridge. | |||
| All Causes | Certified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cancer (malignant disease) | 12 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Meningitis | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
| Bronchitis | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Alcoholism | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suicide | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Other defined Diseases | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Senile Decay | 15 | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 102 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 4 | |