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Paddington 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE IIIA.Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter of the year 1880 in each sub-district of the Parish.Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

TABLE IIIA.

Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter of the year 1880 in each sub-district of the Parish.

Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

Causeof Death.Sub-DistrictTotal 1st Quarter.Sub-DistrictTotal 2nd Quarter.Sub-District.Total 3rd Quarter.Sub-DistrictTotal 4th Quarter.Total DeathsTOTAL.
St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary;s.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.
Classes.
I.Zymotic Diseases463076392059871810553116422579304
II.Constitutional Diseases682795572178792610564198326893361
III. Local Diseases1857125610750157922511714661207530207737
IV. Developmental Diseases461157398473594436114715639195
V.Violent Deaths137201071710313358362258
Not specified or ill-defined112213...116...69312
Totals3591475062541073613038238530810741512244431667
Class.Zymotic Diseases
I.Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox
2. Measles1852384124151...1311041
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)53843742616319291140
4. Diphtheria1232245162...210515
5. Quinsy
6. Croup347112.........2136612
7. Whooping Cough7613751211...1113...13381149
8.Typhus Fever
Typhoid F.1231...13264...49413
Continued F..........1...11...11...13...3
9. Erysipelas4152134...422412416
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)1...1.........112213426
11. Carbuncle
12. Influenza
13. Dysentery.........1...1..................1...1
14. Diarrhœa12342646955123521567
15. Choleraic Diarrhœa..................2...2.........2...2
16. Ague
17. Remittent Fever
18. Rheumatism1121121...1224549
19. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1. Syphilis1...12I31122...2628
2. Stricture of Urethra...11..............................11
3. Hydrophobia
4. Glanders
Order 3.—Dietic.
1. Privation...........................1...11...1
2. Want of Breast Milk...11..................2...2213
3. Purpura and Scurvy.........3...3213.........516
4 Alcoholisma Del. Tremens...22.........2...2.........224
b Intemperance2...2...........................2...2
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1. Thrush1...12...2.........2...25...5
2. Worms, &c.
II.Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Gout..................123112235
2. Dropsy1...11123...3.........516
3. Cancer15823106161171816420522577
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
5. Mortification.....................11...11...22
Order2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula3...33...3..................6...6
2. Tabes Mesenterica5...5616121135...527229
3. Phthisis3411452610863710472893712540165
4. Hydrocephalus10818123151552014418512071
III.Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1. Cephalitis.........1...1.........224325
2. Apoplexy549426639336181230
3. Paralysis911082102131131430737
4. Insanity
5. Chorea
6.Epilepsy3...31...1.........123527
7. Convulsions6285273476...620828
8.Brain Disease, &c.82103...321323515621
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis
2. Aneurism...11.........1...11...1213
3. Heart Disease, &c.2082816723277312613398935124
Order 3.—Respiraiory Organs.
1. Laryngitis.........3253...33149312
2. Bronchitis6829972710871431742125415154205
3. Pleurisy2...21...1........................3...3
4. Pneumonia318391061610...1013417641882
6. Asthma2...2.........1...12...25...5
6. Lung Disease, &c.3254...44...461717320
Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis1121...1...11.........224
2. Enteritis3...331363...3.........9312
3. Peritonitis...222...2.........2...2426
4. Ascites
5. Ulceration of Intestines..................2...2.........2...2
6. Hernia............11.........112123
7. Ileus2132...2...22.........437
8. Intussusception1...1.........112.........213
9. Stricture of Intestines112...11.........1...1224
10. Fistula
11.Stomach Disease, &c.............112132...2426
12. Pancreas Disease, &c.
13. Hepatitis1...1.........3...31...15......5
14. Jaundice3...3314.........2...2819
15.Liver Disease, &c.7i8235213641017926
16.Spleen Disease, &c............................1...11...1
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis112.........1...1...11224
2. Ischuria
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)2354482...2...5581220
4. Diabetes.........3141...13257310
5. Calculus (Stone)
6. Cystitus112.....................213325
7.Kidney Disease, &c.1...12...21...13...37...7
Order6.—Organs of Generation.
1. Ovanan Dropsy............11............11...22
2. Uterus Disease, &c....221...1.........213336
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease, &c.1...1...221...1213437
Order 8.—Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon...11112..................123
2. Ulcer1...1...........................1...1
3. Skin Disease, &c.2...2...........................2...2
IV.Developmental Diseases.
Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
1. Premature Birth731092115...51031331839
2. Cyanosis2...21...1..................3...3
3. Spina Bifida2...2...........................2...2
4. Other Malformations2...2.....................11213
5. Teething6...68192...21...117118
Order2.—Adults.
1. Paramenia
2. Childbirth (see Puerpl. Fever)1121...12...21...1516
Order3.—Old People.
1. Old Age145195496...67411321345
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility12214151162092917320641579
V.Violent Deaths. Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions415246213...4481018
2. WoundsGunshot.........1...1..................1...1
Cut, Stab.........1...1..................1...1
3. Burns and Scalds.....................11............11
4. Poison...111...1..................112
6. Drowning...11.........1...1.........112
6. Suffocation5382133...32...212416
7. Otherwise1...1............11.........112
Order 3.—Homicide2131121...1...11437
Order 4.—Suicide1......12133...31...1718
Causes not specified or ill-defined112213......116...69312