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Table: TABLE II .Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter endingJanuary to March 28th, 1868.

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TABLE II .

Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending

January to March 28th, 1868.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.	Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.
Causes of Death.	Under 5 Years.	5 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.	Causes of Death.	Under 5 Years.	5 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.
								Brought forward	184	20	39	51	64	15	379
I. ZYMOTIC.								Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
Order 1—Miasmatic.								Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	19	..	..	..	..	..	19	Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlatina	0	3	..	..	..	..	9	Enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	Peritonitis	1	..	3	2	..	..	6
Angina	3	..	..	..	..	..	3	Ascites	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Croup	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Ulceration of Stomach	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	25	2	..	1	..	..	28	Ulceration of Intestines.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever	4	4	..	..	1	1	10	Cancer of Stomach	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Acute Rheumatism	..	..	2	1	..	..	3	Hernia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	2	..	3		5	Cirrosis	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
Metria (Puerperal Fever)	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	Icterus	1	2	..	1	..	..	4
Anthrax	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	Abdominal Disease	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
Pyœmia	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	Diseases of Liver	1	..	..	3	1	..	5
Diarrhœa	3	..	..	..	..	..	3	Dis. of Rectum Spleen	..	1	..	2	1	..	4
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 2—Enthetic.								Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	Diabetes	..	1	..	3	1	1	6
Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Bright's Disease	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
								Disease of Kidneys	..	1	2	3	..	..	6
Order 3—Dietic.								,, of Bladder	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Privation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	„ of Suprarenal Caps	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Want of Breast Milk	4	..	..	..	..	..	4
Alcoholism:—								Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
a. Del. Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
b. Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Ovarian Dropsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lead Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Diseases of Womb	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Order 4—Parasitic.								Order 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Thrush	••	••	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Joints	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
								„ of Bones	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.								Order 8—Integument.
Order 1—Diathetic.								Phlegmon, Abscess	..	1	..	2	..	..	3
Gout	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Ulcers, Gangrene	..	..	1	..	1	..	2
Dropsy	..	..	..	1	2	..	3	Cutaneous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cancer	..	..	1	4	3	1	9
Order 2—Tubercular.								IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Scrofula, Tuberculosis	1	3	..	..	..	..	4	Order 1-Of Children.
Tabes Mesenterica	21	..	..	..	..	..	21	Premature Birth	4	..	..	..	..	..	4
Hœmoptysis	..	..	2	1			3	Malformation of the Heart	1	1	..	..	..	..	2
Consumption	6	4	20	7	2	..	39	Other Malformations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hydrocephalus, & Scrof. Meningitis	15	2	1	..	••	..	18	Teething	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
								Order 2—Of Adults.
III. LOCAL.								Childbirth	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Ord.1-Nervous system								Order 3-Of Old People.
Congestion & affection of Brain	2	..	..	2	1	..	5	Old Age, natural decay	..	..	..	..	5	2	7
Inflammation of Brain	2	1	1	..	..	..	4
Apoplexy	..	..	1	3	9	1	14	Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Paralysis	..	..	1	3	8	2	14
Epilepsy	..	1	..	2	1	..	4
Convulsions	16	1	..	..	..	..	17	Atrophy	7	..	..	1	..	..	8
Tetanus	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Exhaustion, inanition	14	..	..	..	..	..	14
Other Diseases	2	..	1	1	2	2	8	V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Order 2—Organs or circulation.								Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Pericarditis	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	Fractures & Contusions.	2	..	5	6	3	..	16
Aneurism	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	Fractures & Contusions.	2	..	5	6	3	..	16
Disease of Heart	1	3	..	9	6	1	20	Drowning	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
								Burns and Scalds	6	9	..	..	..	..	8
Order 3—Organs of respiration.								Chloroform	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Order 3—Organs of respiration.								Suffocation	2	..	1	..	..	..	3
Laryngitis	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Order 2.—Homicide.
Laryngismus	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Order 2.—Homicide.
Bronchitis	25	..	1	6	16	5	52	Infanticide	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Asthma & Emphysema	1	..	..	2	5	..	8	Suicides	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Pneumonia	12	..	1	5	1	..	19
Other Diseases	8	1	1	2	1	..	13	No Specified Cause	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carried forward	184	26	39	61	64	15	379	TOTALS	224	36	56	78	80	19	493

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Paddington 1868

Table: TABLE II .Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter endingJanuary to March 28th, 1868.