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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 Paodingtonduring the Quarter ending December 31st, 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 15 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
I. ZYMOTIC.Brought forward 139386746417333
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
11
2Hoematemesis......11
27105. ,..,,42Constipation ..11......2
224Gastric Irritation..33
Croup ...41......5Peritonitis 111....3
Whooping Cough..1111Ulceration of Pylorus ..i........1
2222....8Ulceration of Stomach1..2114
Acute Rheumatis......2..i3Hernia............
Erysipelas aud Pyoemia .212r.1..6....3..3
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....2......2..2125
Anthrax ...........Fistula in Ano ....11
43113......Diseases of Liver......36
41..t,16Cancer of Liver....257
Cholera.......,,....Abdominal Tumour ......11
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinarx Organs.
4....4
Hydrophobia............Brights Disease1..12..4
Order 3—DietiC:Disease of Kidneys ..1247
Privation.............Diabetes .1......1
Want of Breast Milk ..33Albumenuria......22..4
Purpura .. .....,.,.. ,Disease of Prostate ....1..1
Alcoholism:—Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
a. Del. Tremens ..22
b. Intemperance..
Disease of Ovaries....11
Order 4—Parasitic...
Disease of Uterus........11, .2
Thrush ...........Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
ii. CONSTITUTIONAI
Order 1—Diathetic.Disease of Joints ..............
..1..1Order 8—Integument.
2..1216Phlegmon ........... •..
22i....5..11
Haemorrhage ....Cutaneous Diseases ..-•..........
Order 2 TubercularIV. DEVELOP
Scrofula 8s Tuberculosis112MENTAL.
5,,..5Order 1—Or Children.
Consumption ..35281450Premature Birth ..
Hydrocephalus andjMalformation of thelleart' *..
Meningitis..8311Other Malformations .. Teething11
iii. LOCAL.Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord .1—N ervous SystemChildbirth tt..1i
1269Order 3—Of Old People.11
,.#,37212
2....1,,3
Convulsions...111,,17Old Age, natural decay .0
Effusion of Serum on2i3Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Softening of the Brain.415
Other Diseases.1,,,,23Atrophy.....
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.Exhaustion, Ancemia ..
V. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
i23
,,112
1925Fract. & Contusions from
Disease of Heart .i72818Rail, Street Accidents,&c.11417
Order 3—Organs or Respiration.Burns and Scalds..12
Drowning ..
Suffocation accidental ..22
Laryngitis ...i1,2Order 2.—Homicide.
..........8
9i177444Infanticide6..6
..11..3Suicides, Hanging)....11
31114Poisoning, Falls11
Ashma..11......
Other Diseases...3216
Carried forward131380746417338TOTALS1744281656413439
* All newly born Infants.