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Paddington 1908

[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 III.

Causes of Death : Borough—Sex and Age Distribution.

1908.

Corrected for Non-Residents dying within, and (as far as possible) for Residents dying beyond the Borough. L. G. B.

Cause of Death.Age at Death.All Ages.
0—1—5—15—25—65 and upwards.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Persons.
19081907
Small-pox................................................
Measles431511...1.........2......19173637
Scarlet Fever1...4523..................781513
Epidemic Influenza2...1111......1912101633306352
Whooping-cough2351........................741150
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup...25512......1.........791620
Croup................................................
Enteric Fever1...............1...11......3145
Diarrhoea, Dysentery141325..................1217203721
Epidemic, Zymotic Enteritis16421........................1852326
Enteritis128...2............1......12112318
Other Continued Fevers—...
Chicken-pox......1...........................1...1...
Mumps...........................1.........11...
Cerebro-Spinal Fever...1.................................11...
Syphilis62.....................2...1651112
Erysipelas1.....................211...4167
Puerperal Fever.....................2...............224
Other Septic Diseases—
Pymæia..................1...12......2241
Cancrum Oris........................1.........1...1...
Infective Endocarditis........................1...1...2...23
Septic Pneumonia............................1.........11...
Stomatitis..............................................1
Cellulitis.............................................1
Rheumatic Fever.....................113......1458
Tuberculosis—
„ of Meninges2191...1..................1131425
„ of Lungs1......2211477641239554149157
„ (other forms)1345152...411...13142737 in
Alcoholism........................44...145910
Cancer..................1...4275274070115185178
Premature Birth3322..............................33225572
Developmental Diseases474042........................51429366
Old Age...........................232713273105111
Meningitis214...2...1...1.........1011110
Inflammation and Softening of Brain.........1............26577142111
Convulsions63...5........................681413
Apoplexy........................54388122020
Cerebral Hœmorrhage........................810111219224135
Organic Diseases of Heart...............31...122171420385879
Heart Disease............23...12021131535407579
Acute Bronchitis532...............54111423214478
Chronic Bronchitis........................4713917163335
Bronchitis41032............108263643569964
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia.........1......11881610162619
Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia126810............124625244977
Pneumonia126931...2...16107847277472
Diseases of Stomach........................4312551022
Obstruction of Intestines22............1...1...22641011
Cirrhosis of Liver........................610......6101629
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1...............1...914101021244554
Tumours, &c., of Female Genital Organs.....................1...4...3...887
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition.....................1...9.........101011
Accident and Negligence41064211124611138337157
Homicide............1.....................1...1...
Suicide........................1322...152179
Ill-defined Causes34..................1......4486
All other Causes4322375573563343120116236281
All Causes, 19081981508669182882203763542233409359611896
1907219135113873225363338434823636610209942014