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Paddington 1903

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

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CAUSES OF DEATH AT VARIOUS AGES IN EACH SEX.

Table: TABLE IV. Causes of Death at Various Ages in Each Sex. 1903. Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying without the Borough.

TABLE IV. Causes of Death at Various Ages in Each Sex. 1903. Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying without the Borough.

Causes of Death.Under 11—55—1515—2525—6565 and Upw'rds.All Ages.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.P.
Small-pox.............................................
Measles242211........................241539
Scarlet Fever...143......1...............549
Typhus Fever.............................................
Epidemic Influenza...11.........111721252126
Whooping-cough12121117.....................1233053
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup......1932..................41115
Croup.............................................
Enteric Fever...............11121......336
Asiatic Cholera.............................................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery201411............1...13231841
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis151313..................1...171633
Enteritis65.........1.........1......6713
Other Continued Fevers.........2........................•••22
Erysipelas12..................2111448
Puerperal Fever...........................4.........44
Other Septic Diseases:-
Pyæia2.....................221...527
Stomatitis11...1........................123
Cellulitis1........................2......123
Infective Endocarditis............1.........2.........3...3
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia.............................................
Tuberculosis of Meninges3684...1..................111122
Tuberculosis of Lungs.........13315116746248765152
Other Forms of Tuberculosis7435...2...236......131932
Alcoholism........................1213•••...121325
Cancer............1......1396124336495159
Premature Birth2825..............................282553
Developmental Diseases4434122............1.........573693
Old Age........................1...2950305080
Meningitis23432......13.........11718
Inflammation and Softening of Brain...11.........1...531681018
Organic Diseases of Heart............12......18121210312455
Acute Bronchitis19139211...137712393675
Chronic Bronchitis........................1091947295685
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia2...............11962114822
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia9864...1...13242221840
Diseases of Stomach...21............263...371017
Obstruction of Intestines1.........1.........252561016
Cirrhosis of Liver........................1081...11819
Nephritis and Bright's Disease...1.........1......819810163147
Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...........................4...3...77
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition.....................1...8.........99
Deaths by Accident or Negligence575...4...4...21665431861
Deaths by Suicide........................1613...19120
Deaths from Ill-defined Causes2........................2...1235
Syphilis43......1.........21......7411
Rheumatic Fever..................2...1.........3...3
Convulsions12752........................17926
Apoplexy........................54257916
Cerebral Hæmorrhage........................813418123143
"Heart Disease"............2.........29211224434588
Pneumonia996111112137712374279
All other Causes1453575277574249l35122257
All Causes20818010684242332273823421933179459731,918