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 of Paddington during the Quarter ending
June
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 4C | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 8C | 80 and above | ||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Brought forward | 142 | 28 | 64 | 48 | 49 | 8 | 339 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Measles | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | Malignant Dis. of Stom. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 30 | Constipation | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | Ulceration of Pylorus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fever | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Ulceration of Stomach | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Acute Rheumatis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Ulceration of Intestines. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia . | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cirrosis | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .... | 5 | |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Icterus | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | Diseases of Liver | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Order 2—Enthetic. | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Brights Disease | .. | l | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Order 3—Dietic. | Disease of Kidneys | .. | .. | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Privation | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Albumenuria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Disease of Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism:— | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Order 4—Parasitic. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
,, Tumour | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Thrush | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Disease of U terus | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 7—Organs or Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
Order 1—Diathetic. | Disease of Bones | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
Dropsy | I | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Elephantiasis | •• | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Order 2 -Tubercular. | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | Order 1-Of Children. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Consumption | 6 | 2 | 30 | 14 | .. | .. | 52 | Premature Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hydrocephalus and | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | Malformation of the Heart | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis | Teething | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||||||
III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Or Adults. | ||||||||||||||
Ord.l--Nervouss System | Childbirth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 7 | Order 3—Or Old | |||||||
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Old Age, natural decay . | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
Convulsions | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||||||||
Effusion of Blood on Brain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Order 4—Diseases or | |||||||
.. | 1 | 2 | 3 | l | .. | 7 | |||||||||
Order 2—Organs or Circulation. | Atrophy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Exhaustion, Anœmia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | •• | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1 — Accidents and Negligence | |||||||
Embolism. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | Fract At Contusions from Rail. Street Accident,&c. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | 13 |
Disease of Heart | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
Spasm of Heart | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Order3—Organs or Respiration. | Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Suffocation | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | ||||||||
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 2.—Homicidic. | |||||||
Laryngismus | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Infanticide | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Laryngismus | 24 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 48 | Suicides, Hanging.. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | 12 | 1 | l | 2 | .. | .. | 16 | Pistol-shot | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | •• | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
.. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | No Specified Cause | 1 | .. | .. | .. | • • | •• | .. | |
Carried forward | 142 | 28 | 64 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 339 | TOTAL | 171 | 35 | 84 | 76 | 76 | 13 | 458 |