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Paddington 1895
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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TABLE 20.
| Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | P. | M. | F. | P. | M. | F. | P. | |
| I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases— | |||||||||
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 1.90 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.95 | 2.20 | 2.09 | 1.74 | 1.06 | 1.30 |
| 2. Diarrhœal ,, | 0.92 | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.96 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 0.37 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | * | - | * * | * | - | 0.01 | - | - | - |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | * | - | * * | - | - | - | * | - | 0.03 |
| 5. Venereal „ | * | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | - | * | 0.06 |
| 6. Septic ,, | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.18 | - | * | 0.06 |
| Totals | 3.09 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 3.22 | 3.35 | 3.30 | 2.61 | 1.40 | 1.83 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | - | * | 0.04 | - | * | 0.05 | - | - | - |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | 0.13 | * | 0.10 | 0.12 | * | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 3.75 | 2.47 | 2.99 | 3.81 | 2.63 | 3.14 | 3.48 | 2.07 | 2.57 |
| V.—Developmental Diseases | 1.47 | 1.26 | 1.35 | 1.55 | 1.52 | 1.53 | 1.22 | 0.62 | 0.83 |
| VI.—Local Diseases— | |||||||||
| 1. Diseases of Nervous System | 2.22 | 1.23 | 1.64 | 2.31 | 1.36 | 1.77 | 1.91 | 0.91 | 1.27 |
| 2. Diseases of Organs of Special Sense | - | * | ** | - | * | 0.01 | - | - | - |
| 3. Diseases of Circulatory System | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.24 | 1.48 | 1.38 | 1.91 | 1.11 | 1.39 |
| 4. Diseases of Respiratory System | 4.21 | 3.26 | 3.65 | 4.44 | 3.57 | 3.95 | 3.40 | 2.51 | 2.82 |
| 5. Diseases of Digestive System | 1.27 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.37 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 0.95 | 0.67 | 0.77 |
| 6. Diseases of Lymphatic System | - | * | 0.01 | _ | * | 0.02 | - | - | _ |
| 7. Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use | * | - | 0.02 | * | - | 0.03 | - | - | - |
| 8. Diseases of Urinary System | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.40 |
| 9. Diseases of Reproductive System— | |||||||||
| (a) Diseases of Organs of Generation | - | 0.18 | 0.10 | - | 0.19 | 0.11 | - | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| (£) Diseases of Parturition | - | 0.11 | 0.06 | _ | * | 0.05 | _ | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| 10. Diseases of Bones and Joints | - | * | 0.04 | * | * | 0.03 | * | * | 0.06 |
| 11. Diseases of Integumentary System | * | * | 0.02 | * | * | 0.03 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 9.76 | 7.72 | 8.35 | 10.09 | 8.43 | 9.15 | 8.63 | 5.98 | 6.93 |
| VII.—Violence— | |||||||||
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 0.64 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.71 | 0.31 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 |
| 2. Homicide | * | * | 0.03 | * | * | 0.04 | - | * | _ |
| 3. Suicide | 0.19 | * | 0.12 | 0.15 | * | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.15 |
| 4. Execution | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 0.88 | 0.44 | 0.62 | 0.91 | 0.42 | 0.64 | 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.59 |
| VII.—Ill-Defined & not Specified Causes | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.37 |
| Gra^d Totals, 1895 | 19.58 | 15.34 | 17.09 | 20.26 | 17.05 | 18.44 | 17.27 | 11.10 | 13.30 |
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., miles. F., females. P., persons of both sexes,