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Paddington 1902

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

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34 diarrhoea.
The causes of death are indicated in Table 28. It will be seen that the number of deaths
from each cause was below the average, except in the case of "measles" (20 cases last year,
compared with an average of 11), "injury at birth" (3 deaths, average 1), and "rickets" (3
deaths, average 1).

Table: TABLE 28. Causes of Death at Ages under One Year.

TABLE 28. Causes of Death at Ages under One Year.

1902.Borough. Persons.
St. Mary.St. John.North-West Paddington.1902.Average. 1892-1901.
m.f.m.F.m.f.
Small-pox1...............1...
Measles6829112011
Scarlet Fever1...............11
Whooping Cough75.........11323
Diphtheria11.........133
Diarrhcea3723215270*115
Syphilis21......2...58
Tubercular Diseases84......421830
Premature Birth36183...886369
Congenital Malformation63333...1822
Injury at Birth......21......31
Dentition13.........2610
Rickets2...1.........31
Atrophy and Debility301612335562
Convulsions7112...192327
Respiratory Diseases48114...887987
Accident and Violence17213...1418
Other Causes1010......532841
All Causes20412122104333433529
Births Registered1,2661,1771842022412353,3053,492
* Including 8 due to "Enteritis."

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Diarrhœa.
Included under this heading are deaths from diarrhoea, epidemic or zymotic enteritis
and enteritis, from which causes 99 deaths at all ages were recorded during the year.
The death-rate was 0.65 per 1,000 persons. The deaths ascribed to diarrhoea numbered 55,
and were equal to a rate of 0.36 per 1,000 persons of all ages, being just half the mean-rate