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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 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
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December, 1862.
| Under6 Years | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total | Under 5 Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 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 4n | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||||||
| 150 | Brought forward | 45 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 6 | 326 | ||||||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Order l—miasmatic. | 1 | 2 | Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | |||||||||||
| 18 | Small-pox | 2 | 20 | Hæmatemesis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 32 | Measles | 24 | 2 | 58 | Cancrum Oris | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Scarlatina | 9 | Stricture of œsophagus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | Gastritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Angina Maligna | 2 | 8 | Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Croup | 4 | Peritonitis | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 6 | Ascites | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Fever | 1 | 2 | Ileus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | Disease of Liver | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| Metria | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | l | 12 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | |||||||||
| Order 2—Enthetic. | 1 | Disease of Kidneys | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Syphilis | 3 | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| pyæmia | Disease of Bladder | ||||||||||||||
| Order 3—Dietio. | Order 6—uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
| l | Want of Breast Milk .. | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Alcoholism:— | Order 7—Organs or Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 4.—Parasitic. | Disease of Bones | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Thrush | Order 8.—integument. | |||||||||||||
| II.. CONSTITUTIONAL. | 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | ||||||||||||||
| Gout | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dropsy | |||||||||||||||
| Cancer | 2 | 1 | 3 | Order 1—OF Children. | |||||||||||
| Order a—Tubercular. | 3 | Premature Birth | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Malformation of Heart. | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Scrofula | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Other Malformations | 4 | ||||||||
| 1 | Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Consumption | 17 | 15 | 40 | Order 2—Or Adults. | ||||||||||
| 0 | Hydrocephalus | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| III. LOCAL. Ord. 1--Nervous System | Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Order 3—Or Old People. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Inflammation of Brain | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | Old Age | 1 | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| Apoplexy | ?! | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Paralysis | 6 | 8 | Order 4—Diseases or Nutrition. | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Convulsions | 10 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Tetenus | 1 | 1 | Atrophy | 13 | |||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | Exhaustion | 2 | |||||||||||
| Chorea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Other Diseases | 1 | 1 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | ||||||||||||||
| Fractures and Contusions Injuries of Internal | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 6 | in | 21 | Organs | |||||||||||
| Hæmoptissis | 2 | 2 | 1 | Burns and Scalds | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| Drowing | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 3—Organs or Respiration | 2 | Suffocation | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Traumatic Tetanus | |||||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Chloroform, Inhalation of | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Laryngismus | Order 2__Homicide. | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Bronchitis | 2 | 4 | 9 | Infanticide | ||||||||||
| 15 | Pneumonia | ? | 4 | s | Suicide | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| other diseases | 1 | 1 | Causes not spcified or ill defined | ||||||||||||
| 150 | Carried forward | 45 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 6 | 326 | 181 | TOTALS | 53 | 63 | 54 | 61 | 14 | 416 |