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Paddington 1867

[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 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveUnder 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 0060 and under 8080 and above
I. ZYMOTIC. Order 1—Miasmatic.Brought forward177253743498339
Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
Small-pox2..........2Ha?matemesis.........1..1
Measles421........43Gastritis1..........1
Scarlatina81........9Enteritis1..........1
Diphtheria......1....1Peritonitis1......1..3
Angina1..........1Ascites..............
Croup................Ulceration of Stomach .......22..4
Whooping Cough271........28Ulceration of Intestines...............
Typhus & Typhoid Fever2343....12Cancer of Stomach............1
Remittent Fever.......1....1Hernia....1......1
Erysipelas and Pyoemia...1..13..6Ileus....12....3
Metria (Puerperal Fever)..1....1..2Icterus, Jaundice.........1
Dysentery..............Abdominal Tumour......1....1
Diarrhoea....7Diseases of Liver and Gall Bladder11334113
Cholera Choleraic Diarrhoea52....
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis111..1..4Diabetes..1.......1
Hydrophobia..............Disease of Kidneys ,, of Bladder ,, of SuprarenalCaps.)
Order 8—Dietic...24....6
Privation..............
Want of Breast Milk .2..........2Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Alcoholism:—
a. Del. Tremens......1....1Cancer&Tumour of Uterus....11....2
b. Intemperance..............Rupture of ,,....11....2
Lead Poisoning..1......1Extrauterine-gestation....1......1
Order 4—Parasitic.Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrush1..........1
Diseases of Joints &Bones....1....11
Order 8_Integument.
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.Phlegmon......1....1
Ulcers......1......1
Gout..............Cutaneous Diseases2..........2
Dropsy......1113IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Cancer..........2..2
Order 2 -Tubercular.Order 1—Or Children.
Scrofula12........3Premature Birth6..........6
Tabes Mesenterica13..........13.Malformation of the Heart..............
Consumption..101762..35Other Malformations3..........3
Hydrocephalus and5..2......7Teething3..........3
lubercular MeningitisOrder 2—Of Adults.
III. LOCAL.Childbirth....1........1
Ord.I—Nervous System Inflammation of Brain3..........3Order 8—Of Old People.
Apoplexy1......3..4Old Age........121325
Paralysis......59
Epilepsy. .213urder 4—diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions82......10
Atrophy2......1..8
Effusion of Blood and Serum on Brain3..121..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.....914225
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.Fractures & Contusions....4..2..6
Burns and Scolds1............
Drowning—Accidental ...............
LaryngitisSuffocation ,,....1......1
Laryngismus31........4Poisoning ,,1..........1
Bronchitis & Influenza.321..611262Order 2.—Homicide.
211..4
Pleurisy....111..3Infanticide5..........6
Pneumonia11..431..19Suicides....22....4
Congestion and other Diseases of Lungs .5..231..11..............
Carried forward177253743498339TOTALS2092758627322461

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