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Paddington 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending December 29th
1866.
| Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Small-pox | 1 | 1 | 6 | Hæmatemesis. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Meales | 1 | 5 | Cancrum Oris | |||||||||||
| 18 | Scarlatina | 8 | 1 | 27 | 2 | Gastritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Diptheria | 1 | 7 | Enteritis | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Angina | 1 | 1 | Peritonitis | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Croup | 1 | Ascites | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Whooping Cough | i | 6 | Ulceration of Stomach | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fever | i | 1 | 3 | Ulceration of Intestines. | ||||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | i | 1 | Hernia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | Ileus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Metria | Intussusception | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Anthrax | Icterus | ||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 1 | Abdominal Tumour | 1 | ||||||||||
| l3 | Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 15 | Disease of Liver | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 2 | Cholera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | |||||||||
| Order 2— Enthetic. | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | Nephritis | ||||||||||||||
| Hydrophobia | Disease of Kidneys | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pyaemia | Diabetes | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Order 3—Dietic. | Disease of Bladder Calculus | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Privation | |||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
| Purpura | |||||||||||||||
| Alcoholism:— | Ovarian Dropsy | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| a. Del. Tremens | 1 | 1 | Other Diseases | ||||||||||||
| b. Intemperance | |||||||||||||||
| Lead Poisoning | Order 7—Organs of | ||||||||||||||
| Order 4—Parasitic. | Locomotion. Disease of Joints | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush | 1 | Disease of Bones | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 8— Integument. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 2 | 2 | Ulcers Cutaneous Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Cancer | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | Cutaneous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular. | IV. DEVELOPMENT. | ||||||||||||||
| Cochexia | |||||||||||||||
| Scrofula | Order 1—Of Children. | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Consumption | 2 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 39 | 3 | Premature Birth | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | Hydrocephalus | 3 | 14 | 1 | Malformation of Heart . | 1 | |||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Other Malformations | ||||||||||||||
| Ord.l-NERVous System. | Order 2—Of Adults. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Inflammation of Brain. | 2 | Order 3—Of Old People. | ||||||||||||
| Apoplexy | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Paralysis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Insanity | Old age | i | o | ||||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Convulsions | 19 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | ||||||||||||
| Tetanus | |||||||||||||||
| Other Diseases | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | Atrophy | v | ||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | 7 | Exhaustion | 1 | S | |||||||||||
| V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||
| Pericarditis | 1 | 1 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence | ||||||||||||
| Aneurism | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | Fractures & Contusions | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Order 3—Organs of Respiration. | 2 | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Suffocation | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | Order 2—Homicide. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Laryngismus | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Bronchitis | 5 | 16 | 46 | 2 | Infanticide | 2 | ||||||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 | Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |||||||||
| Oilier Diseases | No specified Cause | ||||||||||||||
| 129 | Carried forward | 19 | 31 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 279 | 163 | TOTALS | 25 | 38 | 67 | 63 | 14 | 370 |