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 II.
Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending
December 28th, 1867.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 00 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||||
I. ZYMOTIC. Order 1—Miasmatic. | Brought forward | 177 | 25 | 37 | 43 | 49 | 8 | 339 | |||||||
Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | |||||||||||||||
Small-pox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Ha?matemesis | .. | .. | ... | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Measles | 42 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | Gastritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlatina | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Angina | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Ascites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | .. | . | .. | .. | ..... | .. | .. | Ulceration of Stomach . | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Whooping Cough | 27 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | Ulceration of Intestines. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus & Typhoid Fever | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 12 | Cancer of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Remittent Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Erysipelas and Pyoemia. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 | Ileus | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | Icterus, Jaundice | .. | .. | .. | ... | 1 | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Abdominal Tumour | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 7 | Diseases of Liver and Gall Bladder | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Cholera Choleraic Diarrhoea | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Order 2—Enthetic. | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | Diabetes | 1 | . | .. | 1 | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Kidneys ,, of Bladder ,, of SuprarenalCaps.) | |||||||||
Order 8—Dietic. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | |||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Want of Breast Milk . | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
Alcoholism:— | |||||||||||||||
a. Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Cancer&Tumour of Uterus | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
b. Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Rupture of ,, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Lead Poisoning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Extrauterine-gestation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Order 4—Parasitic. | Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Diseases of Joints &Bones | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Order 8_Integument. | |||||||||||||||
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Ulcers | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .... | 1 | ||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cutaneous Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | ||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .... | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 2 -Tubercular. | Order 1—Or Children. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Premature Birth | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .Malformation of the Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Consumption | .. | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .. | 35 | Other Malformations | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Hydrocephalus and | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | Teething | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
lubercular Meningitis | Order 2—Of Adults. | ||||||||||||||
III. LOCAL. | Childbirth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .... | 1 | |||||||
Ord.I—Nervous System Inflammation of Brain | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Order 8—Of Old People. | |||||||
Apoplexy | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 13 | 25 | ||
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
Epilepsy | 2 | 1 | 3 | urder 4—diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||||||
Convulsions | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |||||||||
Atrophy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | ||||||||
Effusion of Blood and Serum on Brain | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Exhaustion | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
after Birth.. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Disease of Heart | . | .. | .. | 9 | 14 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||
Order 3—Organs of Respiration. | Fractures & Contusions | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | |||||||
Burns and Scolds | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Drowning—Accidental . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Laryngitis | Suffocation ,, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Laryngismus | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Poisoning ,, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Bronchitis & Influenza. | 32 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 62 | Order 2.—Homicide. | ||||||||
2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |||||||||||
Pleurisy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | Infanticide | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Pneumonia | 11 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 19 | Suicides | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Congestion and other Diseases of Lungs . | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Carried forward | 177 | 25 | 37 | 43 | 49 | 8 | 339 | TOTALS | 209 | 27 | 58 | 62 | 73 | 22 | 461 |
TABLE III.
Summary of Sanitary Work for Quarter ending Dcccmber 28th, 1867.
I.—Inspections consequent
on Nuisances, Complaints,
and Offensive "
and Injurious Trades.
Houses and Places Inspoctod with rospect to their
Sanitary state
108
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
51
Works done
64
Works in progress
29
Inspections of Offensive Trades
9
„ Mews and Manure Wharves
86
31
,, Slaughter-houses
40
„ Pake-houses
16
,t Mortuary or Dead-house
20
„ Provision Markets
8
,, Churches, Chapels and Schools
3
„ Factories. Work-rooms and othor Public
Institutions
4
„ Small-Pox Conveyance
6
II.—Systematic Sanitary
Inspection of Dwellings
Houses and Premises visited and inspected
238
Re-inspections
120
Orders issued for Sanitary Works
40
Works executed
87
Formal Orders issued by the Vestry
4
III. — Attendances upon
Magistrates, Surveyor,
at the Police,Coroners
Courts, and Licensing
Meetings.
A ttendances
21
Summonses
1
For obtaining Summonses
2
hearing
5
„ Letters written
39