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Paddington 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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M ortality of the P arish of P addington during the Quarter ending March 30th,
1867.
| I. ZYMOTIC. Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. Hæmatemesis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Small-pox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Enteritis | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 1 | Peritis | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | Scarlatina | 1 | 15 | Ascites Ulceration of Stomach Ulceration of Intestines. | |||||||||||
| Dipheria | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Angina | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Croup | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 19 | Whooping Cough | 2 | 21 | Hernia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| l | Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Intussusception | |||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | 1 | Icterus | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | Diseases of Liver | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1 | Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. Nephritis | |||||||||||
| Order 2—Enthetic. | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Syphilis | 3 | Disease Of kidney | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 | Pyæmia | 1 | Diabetes Disease of Bladder Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 1 | Order 3—Dietic. Privation Want of Breast Milk | 2 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 2 | ||||||||||
| Alcoholism:— | Other Diseases | ||||||||||||||
| Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | |||||||||||||||
| Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
| Thrush | Disease of Joints | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Disease of Bones | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Order 8—Integument. Phlegmon | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Order 1—Diathetic. | Ulcers | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Cutaneous Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Gout | 1 | 2 | 3 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||||||
| Dropsy | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Cancer | |||||||||||||||
| Order 2—Tubercular. | Order 1—Of Children. | ||||||||||||||
| Cachexia | 7 | Premature Birth | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Scrofula | 2 | 1 | Other Malformations | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Tabes Mesebterica | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Conumption | 6 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 58 | Order2 Of Adults. | |||||||||
| 8 | Hydrocephalus | 8 | Chilbirth | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| III. LOCAL. | Order 3—Of Old People. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ord.l-NERVOUS System. Inflammation of Brain | 1 | 1 3 | 2 | 1 | Old Age | 11 | 6 | 16 | ||||||
| Apoplexy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | 20 | |||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 1 | 20 10 | Atrophy | |||||||||||
| 27 | Convulsions | 27 | Exhaustion | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Other Disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. Fractures & Contusions . | |||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1 | Pericaditis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Burns & Scales | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Aneurism | 7 | 12 | 14 | 33 | Drowning | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease Of Heart | 1 | Suffocation | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Respiration. | 1 | 3 | Death by Chloroform Order 2.—Homicide. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Laryngitis | 6 | 13 | 3 96 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Laryngismus | 2 | 39 | Infanticide | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 | Bronchitis Pleurisy | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 41 | Suicide | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Pneumonia | No specified Causes | 29 | 77 | 91 | 100 | 22 | 530 | |||||||
| Other Diseases | 23 | 63 | 76 | 76 | 15 | 411 | 211 | TOTALS | |||||||
| l58 | Carried forward | ||||||||||||||