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
January to March 28th, 1868.
| 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 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||||
| Brought forward | 184 | 20 | 39 | 51 | 64 | 15 | 379 | ||||||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
| Order 1—Miasmatic. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | Atrophy | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Exhaustion, inanition | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Disease of Heart | 1 | 3 | .. | 9 | 6 | 1 | 20 | Drowning | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Burns and Scalds | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||||||||
| Order 3—Organs of respiration. | Chloroform | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Suffocation | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
| Laryngitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
| Laryngismus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 25 | .. | 1 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 52 | Infanticide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Asthma & Emphysema | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 8 | Suicides | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 19 | ||||||||
| 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 |