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Paddington 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
M ortality of the P arish of P addington for the Quarter ending July 1st,
1865.
| Under 5 Yean. | 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 | SO and above | ||||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | 112 | Brought forward | 16 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 244 | |||||||
| Order 1—Miasmatio. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | 2 | 2 | 1 | Gastritis | 1 | ||||||||||
| Measles | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Enteritis | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Scarlatina | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Peritonitis | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ascites | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Angina | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ulceration of Intestines. | |||||||||||||||
| Croup | |||||||||||||||
| Hernia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Whooping Cough | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Ileus | |||||||||||||||
| Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Intussusception | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | |||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | Disease of Liver | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Metria (Puerperal Fever) | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | Diarrhoea | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Order 2—Esthetic. | Nephritis | ||||||||||||||
| Disease of Kidneys | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Syphilis | 1 | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pyemia | Disease of Bladder | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Order s—Dietic. | Calculus | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Purpura | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
| Alcoholism | |||||||||||||||
| Ovarian Dropsy | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 4.—Parasitic. | Order 7—Organs of | ||||||||||||||
| Locomotion. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Thrush | 1 | Disease of Joints | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Bones | |||||||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 8.—Integument. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Ulcers | ||||||||||||||
| Gout | Phlegmon | ||||||||||||||
| Dropsy | 1 | 1 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular. | Order 1—Op Children | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Scrofula | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Premature Birth | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | 1 | Teething | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Consumption | 3 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 41 | Malformation of Heart. | ||||||||
| 12 | Hydrocephalus | 12 | 1 | Other Malformations | 1 | ||||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Or Adults. | ||||||||||||||
| Ord. 1-Nr.RVoutt System | Childbirth | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Inflammation of Brain | 1 | 1 | 3 | Order 3—Op Old People. | ||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Paralysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Insanity | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Convulsions | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Tetanus | Order 4—Diseases op Nutrition. | ||||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Other Dseases | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | Atrophy | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 | Exhaustion | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pericarditis | 1 | 2 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Fractures and Contusions | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Drowning | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Order 3-Oroans of Respiration. | Suffocation | ||||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Order 2__Homicide. | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Laryngismus | 4 | 2 | Infanticide | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Bronchitis | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 33 | Suicide | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | 13 | Manslaughter | ||||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| No specified Cause | |||||||||||||||
| 112 | 16 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 244 | 144 | TOTALS | 24 | 54 | 48 | 56 | 5 | 331 | |