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Paddington 1894
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE 14.—Death-rates (corrected) for 1894, according to Groups of Diseases. Condensed from Table III.
| St. Mary. | St. John. | Paddington. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | P. | M. | F. | P. | M. | F. | P. | |
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases— | |||||||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.21 |
| 2. Diarrhoeal ,, | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | * | - | * | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.37 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | * | - | * | - | - | - | * | - | ** |
| 5. Venereal „ | * | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | * | * | 0.1 | 0.10 |
| 6. Septic „ | 0.1 | * | * | * | * | * | 0.1 | * | 0.09 |
| Totals | 3.44 | 3.29 | 3.36 | 1.89 | 0.90 | 1.22 | 3.08 | 2.59 | 2.79 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | * | * | * | - | * | * | * | * | 0.04 |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | * | 0.1 | 0.1 | * | * | * | * | 0.1 | 0.11 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.10 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.09 |
| VI.—Local Diseases— | |||||||||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.31 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | 0.1 | - | * | - | - | - | * | - | 0.03 |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.18 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.60 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.97 |
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | - | * | * | - | - | - | - | * | ** |
| 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | * | * | * | - | - | - | * | * | 0.02 |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.45 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System— | |||||||||
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | - | * | * | - | * | * | - | * | 0.05 |
| (b) Diseases of Parturition | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | * | - | 0.1 | 0.09 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | * | * | * | - | - | - | * | * | 0.04 |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | * | * | * | * | - | * | * | * | 0.02 |
| Totals | 7.48 | 6.61 | 6.99 | 7.93 | 5.48 | 6.35 | 7.58 | 6.28 | 6.82 |
| VII.—Violence— | |||||||||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.52 |
| 2. Homicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Suicide | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | * | 0.1 | * | 0.12 |
| 4. Execution | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 0.9 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 1.29 | 0.28 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 0.39 | 0.64 |
| VII.—Ill-Defined & not Specified Causes | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.45 |
| Totals (from all causes) | 17.73 | 15.18 | 16.29 | 15.52 | 9.63 | 11.73 | 17.22 | 13.55 | 15.06 |
Note. - indicates no deaths recorded. * indicates rates under 0.1 per 1,000.
** indicates rates under 0.01 per 1,000 (last column only).
M., males. F., females. P., persons of both sexes.