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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
October 1st, 1870.

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 forward185444435387353
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small-pox,.............
Measles4..........4Malignant Dis. of Stom..............
Scarlatina28132......43Hœmatemesis....12....3
Diphtheria1..........1Enteritis1............1
Croup3..........3Peritonitis....2......2
Whooping Cough91........10Ulceration of Pylorus..............
Fever..8151..10Ulceration of Stomach....1......1
Acute Rheumatis............Ulceration of Intestines1113....6
Erysipelas and Pyœmia ...1..1....2Hernia....1......1
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....2......2Cirrosis..............
Anthrax..............Enlargement of Spleen..1........1
Dysentery..............Cancer of Stomach........1..1
Diarrhoea611121..56Diseases of Liver....264..11
Choleric Diarrhoea4..........4Cancer of Liver..••••1••••1
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinaria Organs.
Syphilis1..........1
Hydrophobia..............Brights Disease......21..3
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys......1....1
Urœmia......1....1
Privation..............Diabetes..............
Want of Breast Milk..5........5Albumenuria....221..5
Hænorrhage......1....1Disease of Prostate..............
Alcoholism:—
a. Del. Tremens..............Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
b. Intemperance..............
Lead Poisoning..............Disease of Ovaries....1..1..2
Order 4—Parasitic.Ovarian Dropsy........1..1
„ Tumour..............
Thrush3..........3Cancer of Uterus......3... .3
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Order 1—diathetic.Disease of Bones......1... .1
Gout........1..1Order 8—Integument.
Dropsy1..2......3Phlegmon Abcess..13......4
Cancer....122..5Ulcers, Gangrene......1....1
Haemorrhage......1....1Skin Disease....1......1
Order 2 -Tubercular.IV. DEVELOPMENTAL
Scrofula..............Order 1—Of Children.
Tabes Mesenterica311........32
Consumption8111643..43Prematue Birth12..........12
Hydrocephalus and Meningitis1131......15Malformation of the Heart..............
Other Malformations..............
Teething2..........2
III. LOCAL.Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord.l— Nervous SystemChildbirth............
Apoplexy....216..9Order 3—Of Old People.
Paralysis..11311117
Epilepsy..2..1....3Old Age, natural decay .........9817
Convulsio8..........8
Effusion of Bllod on Brain....112l5Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition
Sun Stroke..22......4
Tetanus....1......1Atrophy4..........4
Other Diseases31........4
Exhaustion, Anœmia7..........7
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Embolism....1..1..2
Aneurism......1....1Fract & Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, See.1252....10
Fatty Heart....I21..4
Disease of Heart....432..9Burns and Scalds21........3
Order 3—Organs or Respiration.Drowning1..........1
Suffocation, accidental11••..••..2
Laryngitis..............Order 2.—Homicide.
Laryngisimus1..........1Infanticide2..........2
Brounchitis5..438424Suicides....1......1
Pleurisy..............Poisoning....1......1
Pneumonia Asthma Tumour721.. 2....10 2Manslaughter••••1......1
Other Diseases1..11..14No Specified Cause..............
Carried forward185444435337353Totals2095167605515467