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Paddington 1894
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE 15. Comparative Statement of Deaths from selected causes. From Quarterly Reports, 1894. "Corrected."
| ST. MARY'S. | ST. JOHN'S. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | The Year. | Quarters. | The Year. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Smallpox | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 30 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | l | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 17 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 16 | 21 | 113 | 143 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Influenza | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... |
| Alcoholism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Malignant Disease | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| Phthisis | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 64 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 10 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 5 |
| Premature Birth | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 23 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 30 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 69 | 92 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| Violence of all kinds (including accidents) | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 |