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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLEIV.TABLE showing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1891.

TABLEIV.

TABLE showing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1891.

Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population.Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases2011.795.3
2. Pulmonary Diseases (other than Phthisis)5314.5251.7
3. Tubercular Diseases1881.689.1
4. Wasting Diseases of Children1291.161.1
5. Convulsive Diseases of Children1100.952.1

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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough
Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, Want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsiore and
Teething.