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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: Deaths of Residents of the Borough, 1925. Numbers (All Ages) in Each Ward.

Deaths of Residents of the Borough, 1925. Numbers (All Ages) in Each Ward.

Causes of Death.Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourne.Church.Lancaster Gate.Hyde Park.
West.East.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Enteric Fever1...1.........1...........................
Small-pox................................................
Measles...1......2111...4..................
Scarlet Fever........................1.....................
Whooping-cough3311...2.........1...1...1......
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup............2......531..................
Influenza24...6423619312...32
Erysipelas...............1..............................
Septicaemia...1...1.........1...11...............
Pulmonary Tuberculosis8314874981181.........53
Tuberculous Meningitis221.........112......1.........1
Other Forms of Tuberculosis......322...2132...............1
Syphilis1...1...............1...1...............
Cancer81716141628202723195755911
Rheumatic Fever......11.........111..................
Alcoholism............1......1...3..................
Inflammation and Softening of Brain...2......3122......1...............
Cerebro-spinal Fever1..................4...............1......
Simple Meningitis.........1...21.........111.........
Cerebral Hæmorrhage24562658862233...5
Convulsions................................................
Endocarditis...2112...11311.........1...
Heart Disease111814301614193518173846108
Bronchitis1171719141116201511231266
Lobular (Broncho)- Pneumonia357817581410131...22
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia.........16162542...31...1
Pneumonia2212211321221......1
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs1.........212...2......21...2...
Diseases of Stomach2...321...3...32112...31
Diarrhoea and' Enteritis12613...3422..................
Appendicitis1...3121111...1......11...
Obstruction of Intestines...1122...2122...............1
Cirrhosis of Liver...1......321...3111......11
Nephritis and Bright's Disease25413553126...4...122
Tumours (Non-malignant) &c., Female Genital Organs.....................3...4..................
Puerperal Fever.........1...1.........1..................
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition...1...............1...2...1............
Congenital Defects1...11...1......31............11
Premature Birth3254331393......12...1
Developmental Diseases......112...3143............51
Old Age15493104153811...1...3
Suicide4...12...1225212...111
Overlaid in Bed................................................
Other Accidents and Violence2...758726133...29.912
Homicide................................................
Execution................................................
Ill-defined........................11..................
All other Causes10122825222023242833141210131112
All Causes83100147156134133145199202173455537406467
In Institutions42458185614888911309317109113727