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Paddington 1865
[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 December 31st,
1864.
| 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 | ||||||
| 155 | Brought forward | 32 | 35 | 48 | 53 | 4 | 327 | ||||||||
| 3 | I. ZYMOTIC. Order 1—Miasmatic. Small-pox | 3 | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||
| 32 | Measles | 2 | 34 | Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Scarlatina | 5 | 12 | 1 | Enteritis | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 6 | Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 2 1 | |||||||
| Angina | 2 | 2 | Ascites | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Croup | 2 | Ulceration of Intestines. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Whooping Cough | 2 | 8 | Hernia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Fever | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | Ileus | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | Intussusception | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Disease of Liver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Metria Puerperal Fever) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 12 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||
| Order 2—Enthetic. | Nephritis | ||||||||||||||
| Disease of Kidneys | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pyæmia | Disease of Bladder | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Order 3—Dietio. | Calculus | ||||||||||||||
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||
| Alcoholism:— a. Del. tremens | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 4.—Parasitic. | Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush | Disease of Joints | ||||||||||||||
| Disease of Bones | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 8.—Integument. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Ulcers | ||||||||||||||
| Phlegmon | |||||||||||||||
| Dropsy | |||||||||||||||
| Cancer | l | 7 | 4 | 12 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | ||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular | Order 1—Of Children | ||||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 1 | 1 | 7 | Premature Birth | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | Teething | ||||||||||||
| Consumption | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 24 | Malformation of Heart . | |||||||||
| 11 | Hydrocephalus | 1 | 12 | Other Malformations | |||||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Or Adults. | ||||||||||||||
| Ord. 1-Nervous System | Childbirth | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Inflammation of Brain | 2 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 7 | Order 3—Of Old | ||||||||||
| Paralysis Myelitis | 4 | 7 | 11 | People. Old Age | 1 | 14 | 8 | 23 | |||||||
| 15 | Convulsions | 15 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | ||||||||||||
| Tetanus | |||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | Atrophy | 9 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Exhaustion | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 1 | Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Order 3 —Organs of Respiration. | 2 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Drowuing | |||||||||||||||
| Suffocation | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | j | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Laryngismus | 4 | Order 2. Homicide. | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 53 | 2 | Infanticide | |||||||
| 21 | Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 32 | Suicide | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | Pleurisy | 1 | 2 | Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Hæmoptysis | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Causes not specified | |||||||||||||
| 155 | Carried forward | 32 | 35 | 48 | 53 | 4 | 327 | 185 | TOTALS | 39 | 46 | 73 | 79 | 12 | 434 |