London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1895

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895

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Table III.—Whole Parish. —Males (continued).

Cause of Death.AGES.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Totals.65 to 60
SPECIAL FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES (continued).
3.—Malarial Diseases. Remittent Fever.......................................
Ague..................1............1...
4.—Zoogenous Diseases.
Cowpox and effects of Vaccination1..............................1...
Other Diseases (e.g., Hydrophobia,Glanders, Splenic Fever).......................................
5.—Venebeal Diseases.
Syphilis2.........11...............4...
Gonorrhœa, Stricture of Urethra..................1............1...
6 —Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas............111...2......5...
Pyaemia, Septicaemia.........1.....................1...
Puerperal Fever.......................................
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush, and other Vegetable Parasitic Diseases.......................................
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasitic Diseases.......................................
III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation3..............................3...
Scurvy.......................................
Chronic Alcoholism.....................3.........33
Delirium Tremens..................1............1...
IV.-CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart......13...1...1.........6...
Rheumatism.......................................
Gout.....................2...3...71
Rickets.......................................
Cancer, Malignant Disease............11613123...366
Tabes Mesenterica32...........................5...
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus694......1...............20...
Phthisis...211126241613.........986
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula2...12112............9...
Purpura, Hæmorrhagic Diathesis............11...............2...
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia......1......1...............4...
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus...............2.........1...3...
Other Constitutional Diseases.......................................