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
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 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 | 185 | 44 | 44 | 35 | 38 | 7 | 353 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | ,. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Malignant Dis. of Stom | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 28 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 43 | Hœmatemesis | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Enteritis | 1 | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Peritonitis | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | Ulceration of Pylorus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 10 | Ulceration of Stomach | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Acute Rheumatis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ulceration of Intestines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Enlargement of Spleen | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 56 | Diseases of Liver | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | .. | 11 |
Choleric Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Liver | .. | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | ||
Order 2—Enthetic. | Order 5—Urinaria Organs. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Brights Disease | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Order 3—Dietic. | Disease of Kidneys | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Urœmia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Albumenuria | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Hænorrhage | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Disease of Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism:— | |||||||||||||||
a. Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Order 4—Parasitic. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
„ Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Thrush | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Cancer of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | . . | 3 |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
Order 1—diathetic. | Disease of Bones | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | |||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
Dropsy | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Phlegmon Abcess | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Skin Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Order 2 -Tubercular. | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 1—Of Children. | |||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 31 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | ||||||||
Consumption | 8 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .. | 43 | Prematue Birth | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Hydrocephalus and Meningitis | 11 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | Malformation of the Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Teething | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Of Adults. | ||||||||||||||
Ord.l— Nervous System | Childbirth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 9 | Order 3—Of Old People. | |||||||
Paralysis | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
Epilepsy | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | Old Age, natural decay . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 8 | 17 |
Convulsio | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||||||
Effusion of Bllod on Brain | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition | ||||||||
Sun Stroke | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Atrophy | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Exhaustion, Anœmia | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||||||||||
Embolism | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Fract & Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, See. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | I | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Disease of Heart | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 9 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Order 3—Organs or Respiration. | Drowning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Suffocation, accidental | 1 | 1 | •• | .. | •• | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
Laryngisimus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Infanticide | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Brounchitis | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 24 | Suicides | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia Asthma Tumour | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. 2 | .. | .. | 10 2 | Manslaughter | •• | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | No Specified Cause | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
55 | 15 |