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Paddington 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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REPORT
OF THE
SPECIAL HEALTH COMMITTEE.
186 6.
TABLE V.
M ortality of the P arish of P addington during the Quarter ending September 30th,
1865.
| Under 5 Years. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Under 5 Years. | Ages. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | GO and under 80 | 80 and above | Causes of Death. | 6 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | |||||
| 132 | Brought forward | 21 | 43 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 265 | ||||||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Miasmatic. | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Small-pox | 1 | 1 | 8 | Haematemesis | ||||||||||
| 7 | Measles | 7 | Cancrum Oris | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Scarlatina | 2 | 10 | Gastritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Enteritis | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 | Angina | 1 | 1 | 3 | Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Croup | Ascites | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Whooping Cough | 11 | Ulceration of Stomaoh. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fever | 8 | 9 | Ulceration of Intestines. | |||||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | Hernia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Ileus | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Metria (Puerperal Fever) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Icterus | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Anthrax | Abdominal Tumour | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dysentery | 1 | 4 | Disease of Liver | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||||||
| 40 | Diarrhcea | 2 | 2 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Cholera | Order 6—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 2—Enthetic. | Nephritis | ||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | Disease of Kidneys | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Diabetes | ||||||||||||||
| Pyæmia | 1 | 1 | 2 | Disease of Bladder | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Calculus | |||||||||||||||
| Order 3—Dietic. | |||||||||||||||
| Privation | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Want of Breast Milk . | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Purpura | 1 | 1 | Ovarian Dropsy | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Alcoholism:— | Other Diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| a. Del. Tremens | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Order 7 —Organs of Locomotion. | |||||||||||||||
| Lead Poisoning | |||||||||||||||
| Order 4—Parasitic. | Disease of Joints | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Disease of Bones | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Thrush | 2 | |||||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL | Order 8—Integument. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Phlegmon | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Ulcers | ||||||||||||||
| Cutaneous Diseases | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Gout | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dropsy | |||||||||||||||
| Cancer | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | IV. DEVELOP MENTAL. | ||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular. | |||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Of Children. | |||||||||||||||
| Cachexia | 5 | Premature Birth | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Scrofula | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Malformation of theHeart | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Other Malformations | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Consumption | 7 | 21 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Teething | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 0 | Hydrocephalus | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Order 2—Of Adults. | ||||||||||||||
| Ord.l--NERVoue System | Childbirth | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Inflammation of Brain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Order 3—Of Old | |||||||||
| Apoplexy | 3 | 6 | 9 | People. | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
| Paralysis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | old Age | ||||||||||
| Insanity | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | ||||||||||||||
| Epilopsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Convulsions | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Atrophy | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Tetanus | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Exhaustion | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs or Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Fractures and Contusions | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Burns and Scalds | |||||||||||||||
| Order 3—Organs of Respiration. | Drowning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Suffocation | |||||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Order 2.—Homicide. | ||||||||||||||
| Laryngismus | 2 | Infanticide | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 0 | Bronchitis | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | Suicide | |||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | Manslaughter | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| No specified Cause | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 132 | Carriod forward | 21 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 205 | 178 | TOTALS | 31 | 66 | 56 | 15 | 13 | 389 |