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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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TABLE 21. Death-rates, at all ages, from groups of diseases.
| 1896. | Paddington. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | 1896. | Persons. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | p. | M. | F. | P. | M. | F. | 1896.; | 1895. | 1894. | 1893. | |
| I.—Specific Febrile,or Zymotic Diseases | 4.02 | 3.14 | 3.53 | 2.56 | 1.05 | 1.59 | 3.68 | 2.63 | 3.01 | 2.91 | 2.79 | 3.37 |
| 1. Miasmatic Diseases | 2.88 | 2.42 | 2.62 | 1.90 | 0.82 | 1.20 | 2.65 | 1.95 | 2.24 | 1.89 | 2.21 | 2.41 |
| 2. Diarrhceal ,, | 0.82 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.74 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.74 | 0.37 | 0.53 |
| 3. Malarial ,, | 0.02 | — | 0.01 | .— | — | — | 0.01 | — | * | * | — | 0.01 |
| 4. Zoogenous ,, | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | * | * | * |
| 5. Venereal ,, | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.08 | — | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
| 6. Septic ,, | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.88 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.27 |
| II.—Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.04 | 0.04 | — |
| III.—Dietic Diseases | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| IV.—Constitutional Diseases | 3.65 | 2.80 | 3.17 | 2.67 | 1.64 | 200 | 3.42 | 2.46 | 2.86 | 2.99 | 3.10 | 3.25 |
| v —Developmental Diseases | 1.69 | 1.25 | 1.44 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 0.97 | 1.54 | 1.15 | 1.31 | 1.35 | 1.09 | 1.06 |
| VI.—Local Diseases | 8.80 | 6.87 | 7.71 | 6.36 | 4.48 | 5.15 | 8.23 | 6.16 | 7.02 | 8.35 | 6.82 | 8.88 |
| 1. Nervous System | 2.16 | 1.33 | 1.69 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.98 | 1.23 | 1.54 | 1.64 | 1.31 | 1.71 |
| 2. Organs of Special Sense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 03 | 0.04 | |
| 3. Circulatory System | 1.06 | 1.18 | 1.13 | 1.57 | 0.77 | 1.06 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.11 | 1.38 | 1.18 | 0 13 |
| 4. Re-piraory System | 3.33 | 2.46 | 2.83 | 1.65 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 2.94 | 214 | 2.47 | 3.65 | 2.60 | 410 |
| 5. Digestive System | 1.36 | 1.12 | 1.23 | 115 | 0.86 | 0 97 | 1.31 | l.0o | 1.16 | 1.09 | 0.97 | 1.06 |
| 6. Lymplatic System | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.0.0 | 001 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | * | * |
| 7. Gland.like Organs of Uncertain Use | 0.02 | — | 0.01 | — | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 8. Urinary System | 0.72 | 0.41 | 0 55 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0 64 | 0.39 | 6.49 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.40 |
| 9. Reproductive System | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
| (a) Organs of Generation | — | 0.07 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| (b) Parturition | 002 | 0.19 | 0 11 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 003 | 014 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| 10. Bones and Joints | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.0. | _ | — | _ | 005 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| 11. Integumentary System | 0.02 | 0.03 | 003 | — | — | — | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| VII.—Violence | 0.69 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 1.15 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.82 | 0.22 | 0.46 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.57 |
| 1. Accident or Negligence | 0.69 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.90 | 0.09 | 0.38 | 0.66 | 0 18 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.45 |
| 2. Homicide | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.03 | . | 001 |
| 3. Suicide | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 009 |
| 4. Execution | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VIII.—Ill.Defined & not Specified Causes | 0.84 | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.33 | 013 | 0.20 | 0.72 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.63 |
| Totals | 19.82 15.00 17.09 | 14.46 | 8.41 | 10.57 | 18.58 | 1306 | 15.34 | 17.09 15.06 | 17.87 | |||
Note. indicates no deaths recorded. * indicates rates under 0.01 per 1,000. (P. columns
only). M., males. F., females. P., persons of both sexes.