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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE IV.The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative Mortality among Children under 5 years of age:-

TABLE IV.

The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative Mortality among Children under 5 years of age:-

Causes of Death.April, May, June.1 July, August, Septem.October, Novem. Decem.January, February March.In the Year.Comparative Mortality in 1000 population.
Of London.Of Paddington.
Small-Pox and Varicella...11...20.190.02
Measles8......6140.490.14
Scarlatina65165320.610.33
Diphtheria, Croup, &c....374140.050.14
Whooping Cough126318390.830.40
Fevers, Infantile, &c....524110.180.11
Diarrhœa, Cholera, &c.137848980.891.01
Respiratory Organs191828431081.871.11
Tubercular Diseases383122221131.091.16
Nervous system19191918750.610.77
Violent Deaths91143270.200.27
Other Diseases242733331171.621.20
Totals1482041391596508.636.66

Table: TABLE V.The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative Mortality from Tubercular Class of Diseases :-

TABLE V.

The following Table shows the Annual, Quarterly, and Comparative Mortality from Tubercular Class of Diseases :-

Tubercular Diseases.April, May, June.July, August, Septem.October, Novem. Decem.January, February March.In the Year.Comparative Mortality in 1000 population.
Of London.Of Paddington.
Scrofula, Tuberculosis, Tabes Messenterica &Marasmus2021139631.100.65
Hæmoptysis, Consumption,454924451632.891.68
Tubercular Pneumonia Hydrocephalus, and Scrofulous Meningitis17141014550.590.56
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