Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
Mortality of the Parish or Paddington during the Quarter ending April 2nd, 1870.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||||
1. ZYMOTIC. | Brought forward | 172 | 30 | 55 | 71 | 91 | 25 | 444 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Measles | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | Lancer of Stomach ana Esophagus | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Scarlatina | 20 | 10 | .. | I | .. | .. | 31 | ||||||||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | Perforation of Intestines. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Fever | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | 16 | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Acute Rheumatis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Gall Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas and Pycemia . | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Icterus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Abdominal Tumor | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diseases of Live | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | „ „ Spleen | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 5 | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 9 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Liver | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Order 2—Enthetic. | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nephritis | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | |
Order 3—Dietic. | Disease of Kidneys | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||
Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Brights Disease | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Want of Breast Milk .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Albumenuria | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Purnura | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Diabetes | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Alcoholism:— | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
.. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Lead Poisonig | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Order 4—Parasitic. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Disease of Womb | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
Order 1—Diathetic. | Disease of Bones | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Phlegmon, Gangrene | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hæmorrhage | .. | 1 | l | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Oder 2 -Tubercular | Abscess | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||
IY. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||||||||||
Marasmus | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||||||||
Scrofula | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 1—Of Children. | |||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Premature Birth | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Consumption | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | .. | 44 | Malformation of the Heart | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | Other Malformations | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Tuberculones | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Teething | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Of Adults. | ||||||||||||||
Ord.l-Nervous System | Childbirth | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Disease of Brain | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | Order 3—Of Old People. | |||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | ||||||||
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||
Vonvulsions | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | Old Age, Natural Decay | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Convulsions | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||
Effusion of Bllod | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Atrophy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | Exhaustion, inanition | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |||||||
V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||
Disease of Heart | .. | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||
Fatty Heart | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 | Fractures & Falls | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||
Embolism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Chloroform | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Order 3—Organs of Respiration. | Burns and Scolds | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
Drowning | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
Laryngisimus | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||||||||
Bronchitis | 28 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 95 | Infanticide by Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Suicides | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | 22 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 44 | Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | ||||||||
Asthma | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | No Specified Cause | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carried forward | 172 | 30 | 55 | 71 | 91 | 25 | 444 | TOTALS | 206 | 39 | 74 | 100 | 114 | 39 | 572 |