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Paddington 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE IV.— (continued).
Quarter ending March 29th, 1862.
Under
5 Years.
Causes of Death.
Ages.
Total.
Under
5 Years.
Causes of Death.
Ages.
Total.
5 and
under 20
20 and
under 40
40 and
under 60
60 and
under 80
80 and
above
5 and
under 20
20 and
under 40
40 and
under 60
60 and
under 80
80 and
above
I. ZYMOTIC.
156
Brought forward
20
44
36
59
12
327
Order 4—Organs of
Digestion.
Order 1—Miasmatic.
Small-pox
Hamatencesis
1
1
6
Measles
1
7
Cancrum Oris
7
Scarlatina
1
1
9
Gastritis
4
Diphtheria
2
6
1
Enteritis
1
2
Antrina Maligna
Peritonitis
1
1
9
7
Croup
7
Ascites
1
1
2
23
Whooping Cough
1
24
Ulceration of Intestines.
2
Fever
2
6
1
11
Hernia
1
1
Acute Rheumatism
Ileus
1
1
2
Erysipelas
1
3
Intussusception
Metria (Puerperal Fever)
1
1
Icterus
1
1
Influenza
Disease of Liver
4
1
5
Dysentery
Disease of Stomach
5
Diarrhœa
1
2
8
Order 5—Urinary
Organs.
Cholera
Order 2—Enthetic.
Nephritis
1
Syphilis
1
2
Disease of Kidneys
1
2
1
3
7
Hydrophobia
Diabetes
Pyæmia
2
2
Disease of Bladder
1
1
1
3
Order 3—Dietic.
Stricture
1
1
Order 6—Uterus and
Ovaries.
1
Privation
Want of Breast Milk
1
2
Purpura
2
Ovarian Dropsy
1
1
Alcoholism:—
Other Diseases
a. Del. Tremens
1
1
Lead Poisoning
Order 7—Organs of
Locomotion.
Order 4—Parasitic.
Diseases of Joints
Thrush
Diseases of Bones
1
1
2
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 8—Integument.
Phlegmon
Order 1 —Diathetic.
Ulcers
Gout
1
1
Cutaneous Diseases
Dropsy
1
1
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Cancer
3
7
4
14
Order 2—Tubercular.
Order 1—Of Children.
Anæmia
6
Premature Birth
6
Scrofula
Hœmorrhage
7
Tabes Mesenterica
1
8
1
Malformation of theHeart
5
Other Malformations
3
Consumption
3
14
5
25
1
Teething
1
10
Hydrocephalus
16
III. LOCAL.
Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord.1—Nervous System
Inflammation of theBrain
Childbirth
3
3
Order 3—Of Old
People.
Apoplexy
3
5
1
9
Paralysis
2
2
1
5
Insanity
Old Age
9
6
15
Epilepsy
Order 4—Diseases of
Nutrition.
19
Convulsions
2
22
Other Diseases
1
1
4
1
7
Order 2—Organs of
Circulation.
19
Atrophy
19
1
Exhaustion
1
V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Pericarditis
1
1
2
Aneurism
1
1
2
Order 1 — Accidents and
Negligence.
Disease of Heart
3
3
6
12
1
Phlebitis
Fractures and Contusions
Order 3—Organs of
Respiration.
Chloroform, Inhalation of
1
1
l
Burns and Scalds
1
2
Drowing
1
1
2
Laryngitis
1
5
Suffocation
1
Laryngisums
1
Order 2.—Homicide.
24
Bronchitis
2
3
5
30
9
73
Pleurisy
21
Pneumonia
4
6
6
3
39
3
Infanticide
3
156
Carried forward
20
44
36
59
12
327
Suicide
1
1
194
TOTALS
22
61
45
79
20
421