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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 of Paddington during the Quarter ending June 25th, 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 4C40 and under 6060 and under 8C80 and above
I. ZYMOTIC.Brought forward142286448498339
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small-pox..............
Measles81........9Malignant Dis. of Stom.......1....1
Scarlatina171021....30Constipation11..1....3
Diphtheria..............Gastritis......1....1
Croup2..........2Peritonitis......1....1
Whooping Cough171........18Ulceration of Pylorus1..........1
Fever....31329Ulceration of Stomach....1......1
Acute Rheumatis....11....2Ulceration of Intestines...............
Erysipelas and Pyœmia .....8......3Hernia......1....1
Metria (Puerperal Fever)..............Cirrosis....14....5
Anthrax..............Icterus2..2......4
Dysentery..............Cancer of Rectum........1..1
Diarrhœa4....11..6Diseases of Liver..1231..7
Cholera..1..........Cancer of Liver........1..1
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis2..2......4
Hydrophobia..............Brights Disease..l12....4
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys.......1315
Disease of Bladder........1..1
Privation6..........6Diabetes......11..2
Want of Breast Milk..............Albumenuria......1....2
Hæmorrhage....11....2Disease of Prostate........1..1
Alcoholism:—Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
a. Del. Tremens..............
b. Intemperance...............
Lead Poisoning..............Disease of Ovaries....2......2
Order 4—Parasitic.Ovarian Dropsy....1......1
,, Tumour......1....1
Thrush2..........2Disease of U terus......21..3
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.Order 7—Organs or Locomotion.
Order 1—Diathetic.Disease of Bones..............
Gout......11..2Order 8—Integument.
DropsyI......326Phlegmon......1....1
Cancer..122218Ulcers, Gangrene..........1
Hæmorrhage....2......2Elephantiasis••••1......1
Order 2 -Tubercular.IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Scrofula..............
Tabes Mesenterica9..........9Order 1-Of Children.8..........8
Consumption623014....52Premature Birth2..........2
Hydrocephalus and164........20Malformation of the Heart1..........1
MeningitisTeething6..........6
III. LOCAL.Order 2—Or Adults.
Ord.l--Nervouss SystemChildbirth....1......1
Apoplexy......16..7Order 3—Or Old
Paralysis......29112
Epilepsy....11....2Old Age, natural decay .......114318
Convulsions131........14
Effusion of Blood on Brain1111....4Order 4—Diseases or
Other Diseases..123l..7
Order 2—Organs or Circulation.Atrophy2..........2
Exhaustion, Anœmia1222••..7
Pericarditis....1......1V. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1 — Accidents and Negligence
Embolism.....1......1
Aneurism........l..1
Fatty Heart......2....2Fract At Contusions from Rail. Street Accident,&c.....552..13
Disease of Heart..1646118
Spasm of Heart......1....1Burns and Scalds2..........2
Order3—Organs or Respiration.Drowning..1........1
Suffocation....••••..••••
Laryngitis1..1......2Order 2.—Homicidic.
Laryngismus11........2Infanticide2..........2
Laryngismus2421614148Suicides, Hanging......1......1
Bronchitis....l..1..2Poisoning....1......1
Pleurisy121l2....16Pistol-shot......1••••1
Pleurisy..1..21..4
Other Diseases....21....3No Specified Cause1......• •••..
Carried forward142286448408339TOTAL1713584767613458