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Paddington 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[Appendix IY.

Table: Males. TABLE III.—continued.

Males. TABLE III.—continued.

Diseases.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation6..............................6
Chronic Alcoholism............111............3
Delirium Tremens............11...............2
IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart.........122...............5
Rheumatism........................1......1
Gout.....................111...3
Rickets1..............................1
Cancer, Malignant Disease...1......24816127...50
Tabes Mesenterica61...........................7
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus4881...1...............22
Phthisis111310182152......71
Other Forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula13321...1............11
Purpura, Haemorrhagic Diathesis1..............................1
Anaemia, Chlorosis, Leucocythaemia............11...11......4
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.....................2...1...3
V.-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth34..............................34
Atelectasis7..............................7
Congenital Malformations9...1........................10
Old Age........................413623
VI.—LOCAL DISEASES.
1.—Diseases of Nervous System.....................................
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...331...121............11
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis...............3181513...40
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane...............52131...13
Epilepsy..................22.........4
Convulsions83...........................11
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)2..............................2
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans...............2214......9
Other Diseases of Nervous System......1.........1............2
2.—Diseases of Organs of Special Sense.
(e.g., of Ear, Eye, and Nose).........1...............1...2