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Paddington 1870

[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.
Under 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveUnder 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
1. ZYMOTIC.Brought forward1723055719125444
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
Small-pox..............
Measles10..........10Lancer of Stomach ana Esophagus......3115
Scarlatina2010..I....31
Diphtheria............1Gastritis..............
Croup4..........4Enteritis1..........1
Whooping Cough22..........22Perforation of Intestines...1....1..2
Fever1384....16Hernia........213
Acute Rheumatis....1......1Gall Stone..........1
Erysipelas and Pycemia .2..11....4Icterus123
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....1......1Abdominal Tumor........1..1
Anthrax..............Diseases of Live......31..4
Dysentery1....1....2„ „ Spleen........1..1
Diarrhœa5..1l119Cirrosis......11..2
Cholera..1..........Cancer of Liver......11..2
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis3..1......4
Hydrophobia..............Nephritis1..122..5
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys..21......3
Disease of Bladder..............
Privation....1..1..1Brights Disease....12....3
Want of Breast Milk ..3..........3Albumenuria..212....6
Purnura....1......1Diabetes....211..4
Alcoholism:—Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
a. Del. Tremens....12....3
b. Intemperance..............
Lead Poisonig..............Disease of Ovaries....211..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....1Order 8—Integument.
Dropsy....11248Phlegmon, Gangrene1..........1
Hæmorrhage..1l......2Gangrene......11..2
Oder 2 -TubercularAbscess..111....3
IY. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Marasmus9..........9
Scrofula2..........2Order 1—Of Children.
Tabes Mesenterica3........3Premature Birth7..........7
Consumption5610194..44Malformation of the Heart11........1
93........12Other Malformations4..........1
Tuberculones2..........2Teething7..........7
III. LOCAL.Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord.l-Nervous SystemChildbirth....2......2
Disease of Brain1..111..4Order 3—Of Old People.
Apoplexy......512717
Paralysis......27615
Vonvulsions....1..1..2Old Age, Natural Decay........41115
Convulsions8..........8Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Effusion of Bllod..............
Other Diseases............Atrophy2..........2
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.Exhaustion, inanition5....1....6
V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Pericarditis....11....2
Aneurism....121..4Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Disease of Heart..28410226
Fatty Heart123..6Fractures & Falls....331..7
Embolism..1........1Chloroform..............
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.Burns and Scolds411..118
Drowning......1....1
Suffocation1..........1
Laryngitis..............Order 2.—Homicide.
Laryngisimus9..........9
Bronchitis28161437995Infanticide by Suffocation1..........1
Pleurisy......1....1Suicides....1......1
Pneumonia222648344Poisoning....1......1
Other Diseases2..222..8
Asthma....132..6No Specified Cause..............
Carried forward1723055719125444TOTALS206397410011439572