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Paddington 1902

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

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72 causes of death at various ages in each sex.
TABLE IV.
Causes of Death at Various Ages in Each Sex.
1902.

Table: Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for

Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for

Residents dying without the Borough.
Causes of DeathUnder 11—55—1515—2525-0505 and Upw'rds.All Ages.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.p.
Small-pox1...1...2...2906......12820
Measles9113028I3..................404282
Scarlet Fever161........................718
Typhus Fever.............................................
Epidemic Influenza......111...121415819253762
Whooping-cough7645........................111122
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup128955......2.........161632
Croup......I...1.....................2•••2
Enteric Fever...............13...44...17613
Asiatic Cholera..........................................22
Diarrhœa, Dysentery291523......1...1...13342155
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis10833........................131124
Enteritis532..................21781220
Other Continued Fevers—Chicken-pox1......1........................I12
Erysipelas1.....................1...1...3...3
Puerperal Fever.....................2...3.........55
Other septic diseases:-
Pyaemia........................2.........2...2
Stomatitis1.................................1...1
Cellulitis........................21...1224
Infective Endocarditis.....................1...1.........22
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia.............................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges35482111............101525
Tuberculosis of I.ungs1.........111287051548964153
Other Forms of Tuberculosis81354l...192...1241135
Alcoholism........................101111111223
Cancer..................12275818284688134
Premature Birth4726..............................472673
Developmental Diseases523453......2...............593796
Old Age...........................2306030 o6292 17
Meningitis3331l2118917
Inflammation and Softening of Brain............1.........34147181129
Organic Diseases of Heart...1..................1113718183250
Acute Bronchitis30666............451019503686
Chronic Bronchitis.....................2211732525371124
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia........................8593ID818
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia18815513......4749423274
Diseases of Stomach2..................3264581422
Obstruction of Intestines12.........11...25...341115
Cirrhosis of Liver........................91042131225
Nephritis and Bright's Disease............1......1201259202248
Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...........................5.........55
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition...........................8.........88
Deaths by Accident or Negligence6512516219714382159
Deaths by Suicide........................1143114519
Deaths from Ill-defined Causes...1...............1...11...134
Syphilis41..............................617
Rheumatic Fever............2...1...-2......527
Convulsions101332i1..................141630
Apoplexy........................15614i1926
Cerebral Hæmorrhage...i...............1610109262046
"Heart Disease "1............1342121822234881
Pneumonia1254925o21620412405393
All other Causes87546311867573557132137209
All Causes2691641079837284943389381215372106610862152