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Paddington 1904

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

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Table: causes of death at various ages in each sex. TABLE IV. Causes of Death : Borough—Sex and Age Distribution. 1904. Corrected for Non-Residents dying within the Borough, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying without the Borough.

causes of death at various ages in each sex. TABLE IV. Causes of Death : Borough—Sex and Age Distribution. 1904. 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......1...............1.........2...2
Measles7513832...1............231639
Scarlet Fever11221............1......448
Typhus Fever.............................................
Epidemic Influenza1311............1010612182644
Whooping-cough2464........................8816
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup1...3735..................71219
Croup......1...........................1...1
Enteric Fever1...1.........2...15......5510
Asiatic Cholera.............................................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery301765............2...11392362
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis373075........................443579
Enteritis1172......1......122...161026
Other Continued Fevers......1...1.....................2...2
Erysipelas1............1......121...336
Puerperal Fever.....................3...5.........88
Other Septic Diseases:—
Pyæmia...1.....................1.........22
Stomatitis2.................................2...2
Cellulitis........................1......1112
Infective Endocarditis...............111............123
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia........................1.........1...1
Tuberculosis of Meninges243722......21......91423
Tuberculosis of Lungs1...1...1115137547649965164
Other Forms of Tuberculosis734111122432181331
Alcoholism........................68117916
Cancer......12............3764163654102156
Premature Birth3626..............................362662
Developmental Diseases4639321.....................504191
Old Age...........................129702971100
Meningitis522411...1111...10919
Inflammation and Softening of Brain...........................113145
Organic Diseases of Heart..................221114716203252
Acute Bronchitis1010471......11112913354378
Chronic Bronchitis........................201430525066116
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia...1...2............52...25712
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia139811.........2542281745
Diseases of Stomach11............11591281321
Obstruction of Intestines13......1............4325914
Cirrhosis of Liver........................9121...101222
Nephritis and Bright's Disease......1......11...24251210383674
Tumours and Other Affections of Female Genital Organs...........................4...2...66
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition...........................7.........77
Deaths by Accident or Negligence89433...2...141048353065
Deaths by Suicide..................1154......6511
Deaths fqpm III-defined Causes.....................2...............22
Syphilis13...1.........122......3710
Rheumatic Fever...........................111123
Convulsions121121........................141226
Apoplexy........................594791625
Cerebral H æmorrhage......1...............1191114232346
" Heart Disease "..................3214321019275380
Pneumonia107582...1261218253762
All other Causes4243456865514442127111238
All Causes25119887742621364135039120933095910552014