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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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averages for the decennium 1886-95, and the two
quinquennia included therein. There were slight
increases in the deaths from Canokr in North Paddington,
and from Intemperance in both North
and South Paddington. The reductions in the number
of deaths from Bronchitis and Pnkumonia were
verv considerable.
TABLE 25. Deaths in the Two Divisions of the Parish. Hospital Cases distributed.
| Diseases. | St. Maey. | St. John. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded in 1896. | Corrected Averages. | Recorded I in 1896. | Corrected Averages. | |||||
| 1886-90 | 1891-95 | 1886-95 | 1888-90 | 1891-95 | 1886-95 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Septic Diseases | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Alcoholism | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant Diseases (Cancer) | 86 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 31 |
| Phthisis | 130 | 153 | 135 | 144 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 30 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 60 | 5!) | 62 | 60 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Apoplexy | 64 | 86 | 71 | 78 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Bronchitis | 150 | 184 | 209 | 197 | 28 | 45 | 59 | 52 |
| Pneumonia | 87 | 135 | 135 | 134 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 40 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Diseases of Parturition | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Accidents | 36 | 35 | 45 | 40 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Suic des | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |