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Paddington 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
M ortality of the P arish or P addington during the Quarter ending 28th
June, 1862.
| Under 6 Years. | Causes of Death. | Agos. | 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 | 6 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | 105 | Brought forward | 19 | 30 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 245 | |||||||
| Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | Order 1—Miasmatic. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | Hamatencesis | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Measles | 3 | Cancurm Oris | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Scarlatina | 0 | Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | Diphtheria | 3 | 0 | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Pharyngitis | 9 | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Croup | 7 | Ascites | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Whooping | 2 | 17 | Ulceration | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fever | 3 | 2 | 9 | Hernia | ||||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | Jaundice | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ft | Intussusception | |||||||||||
| Metria (Puerperal Fever) | 1 | 1 | Icterus | ||||||||||||
| Influenza | Disease of Liver | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | Disease of Stomach | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Diarrhœa | 1 | 5 | Order 6—Urinary Organs. | |||||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||
| Order 2—Enthetic. | |||||||||||||||
| Nephritis | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | Disease of Kidneys | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Pyæmia | 1 | 2 | Disease of Bladder | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Order 3—Dietic. | Stricture | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||||||||||
| Privation | |||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | |||||||||||||||
| Puraura | Ovarian Dropsy | ||||||||||||||
| Alcoholism:- | Other Diseases | ||||||||||||||
| a. Del. Tremens | Order 7—Organs or Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
| Lead Poisoning | |||||||||||||||
| Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
| Diseases of Joints | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Thrush | 2 | Disease of Bones | ||||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 8_Integument. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Ulcers | ||||||||||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | 9 | Cutaneous Disease | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 2 | 2 | 4 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||||||
| Cancer | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular. | Order 1—Or Children. | ||||||||||||||
| Anæmia | 12 | Prematuro Birth | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Scrofula | 1 | Hœmorrhage | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Tabes Mesenterica. | 3 | Malformation of the Heart | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Consumption | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 3 | other Malformations | |||||||
| 2 | Teething | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Or Adults. | ||||||||||||||
| Ord .1-Nervous System | Childbirth | ||||||||||||||
| Cephalitis | 3 | 1 | 4 | Order 8—Or Old People. | |||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Paralysis | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Insanity | Old Age | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Epilopsy | Order 4—Diseases or Nutrition. | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | Convulsions | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Other Disease | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Atrophy | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | 1 | Exhaustion | 1 | ||||||||||||
| V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 3 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. 1 | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Phlebitis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ordor 3—Organs of RESPiration. | 3 | Fractures and Contusions Chloroform, Inhalation of | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Drowing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Laryngitis | Suffocation | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Laryngismus | 1 | Order 2.—Homicide. | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pleurisy | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Pneumonia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 | Suicide | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 105 | Carried forward | 10 | 30 | 42 | 30 | 4 | 245 | 139 | TOTALS | 20 | 45 | 56 | 50 | 13 | 329 |