Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending 27th
September, 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
100
Brought forward
19
39
32
30
5
225
I. ZYMOTIC.
Order 4—Organs of
Digestion.
Order 1—Miasmatic.
Small-pox
Hæm atemesis
4
Measles
4
Cancrum Oris
10
Scarlatina
5
15
Gastritis
1
1
1
Diphtheria
3
1
5
1
Enteritis
1
•2
Pharyngitis
2
2
Peritonitis
3
2
1
1
9
n
Croup
2
8
Ascites
7
Whooping Cough
7
Ulceration of Intestines.
1
1
2
Fever
4
1
2
2
1
12
1
Hernia
1
2
Acute Rheumatism
Intussusception
Erysipelas
1
1
Icterus
1
1
Metria (Puerperal Fever)
1
1
2
Disease of Liver
3
3
6
Carbuncle
1
1
Abdominal Tumour
1
1
1
Dysentery
1
Order 5—Urinary
Organs.
20
Diarrhœa
3
2
25
Cholera
Order 2—Enthetic.
Nephritis
1
Syphilis
1
2
1
Disease of Kidneys
5
1
9
Hydrophobia
Diabetes
Pyæmia
1
1
Disease of Bladder
1
1
Order 3—Dietic.
Stricture
Order 6—Uterus and
Ovaries.
Privation
1
Want of Breast Milk
1
Purpura
Ovarian Dropsy
Alcoholism:—
Other Disease
a. Del. Tremens
1
1
Order 7—Organs of
Locomotion.
b. Intemperance
1
1
2
Order 4—Parasitic.
Disease of Joints
3
Thrush
3
Diseases of Bones
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Order 8—Integument.
Phlegmon
1
1
Order 1—Diathetic.
Ulcers
Cutaneous Diseases
Gout
Dropsy
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Cancer
1
1
5
7
Order 2—Tubercular.
Order 1—Of Children.
Anæmia
5
Premature Birth
5
Scrofula
Hœmorrhage
6
Tabes Mesenterica
6
1
Malformation of the Heart
1
Other Malformations
1
Consumption
22
12
3
38
Teething
0
Hydrocephalus
2
8
III. LOCAL.
Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord.1-Nervous System
Childbirth
1
1
Inflammation of Brain
1
1
2
Order 3—Of Old
People.
Apoplexy
3
4
9
2
18
Paralysis
1
l
2
Old Age
4
5
9
Insanity
Epilepsy
l
1
Order 4—Diseases of
Nutrition.
13
Convulsions
13
Other Disease
1
1
1
s
Order 2—Organs or
Circulation.
S
Atrophy
8
3
Exhaustion
1
4
V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Pericarditis
0
1
9
Aneurism
Disease of Herart
1
4
9
7
Order 1—Accidents and
Negligence.
Phlebitis
1
1
I
Fractures and Contusions
1
3
5
Order 3—Organs of
Respiration.
Chloroform, Inhalation of
Burns and Scalds
1
1
Drowing
Laryngitis
Suffocation
Bronchitis
Order 2.—Homicide.
8
Pleurisy
1
3
12
Pleurisy
8
Pneumonia
1
1
1
1
Infanticide
1
Other Diseases
Suicide
1
1
2
4
100
Carried forward
19
39
32
30
5
225
124
Totals
24
51
49
40
10
298