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 December 31st,
1864.
Under 5 Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total | Under 5 Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||
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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 |