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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths at all ages. 73
TABLE V.
Deaths at All Ages, Allocated to Wards and Registration Sub-Districts.
1902.
Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying without the Borough.
| Causes of Death. | Wards. | Registration Sub-Districts. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park.* | Harrow Road. | nj . | Westbourne. | Church. 1 | Lancaster Gate West. | Lan caster Gate East. | Hvde Park | I St. Mary. | t St. John. 1 | |
| Small-pox | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | ... |
| Measles | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 1 | ... | 6 | 64 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... |
| Epidemic Influenza | 7 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 8 |
| Whooping-cough | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | ... |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | |
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 1 | |
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 19 | ... | 1 | 4 | 42 | 8 |
| Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | ... | |
| Enteritis | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Other Continued fevers—Chicken-pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | l | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
| Other Septic diseases | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... |
| Tuberculosis of Meninges | 7 | 7 | ... | 1 | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 16 | 34 | 18 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 111 | 26 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ... | ... | l | 25 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 4 | |
| Cancer | 9 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 93 | 32 | |
| Premature Birth | 16 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 3 |
| Developmental Diseases | 16 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 13 |
| Old Age | 11 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 20 |
| Meningitis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | 3 | |
| Organic Diseases of Heart | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 9 | |
| Acute Bronchitis | 11 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 1 | ... | 4 | 69 | 6 |
| Chronic Bronchitis | 7 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 97 | 20 |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | |
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 15 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 15 | ... | 1 | 1 | 56 | 3 |
| Diseases of Stomach | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Obstruction of Intestines | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Nephritis and Blight's Disease | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ... | 4 | 31 | 8 | |
| Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | |
| Deaths by Accident or Negligence | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 14 | |
| Deaths by Suicide | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Deaths from III-defined Causes | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Syphilis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Convulsions | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ... | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| Apoplexy | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | ... | 38 | 4 | ||
| " Heart Disease " | 15 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 13 | |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 12 | |
| All other Causes | 20 | 49 | 41 | 54 | 56 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 188 | 61 |
| All Causes | 270 | 433 | 204 | 373 | 539 | 59 | 70 | 144 | 1556 | 326 |
| Death-rates, 1902 1901 | 15.58 14.98 | 15.17 14.45 | 13.68 13.59 | 15.21 14.80 | 18-37 | 6-80 9-08 | 8.67 7.67 | 10.17 12.04 | 16.20 15.54 | 9.54 10.35 |
* This Ward is coterminous with the North-West Paddington Registration Sub-District.