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Paddington 1868

[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

June 27th, 1868.

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 6060 and under 8080 and above
Brought forward121235447693307
I. ZYMOTIC.Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Order 1—Miasmatic.
Small-pox....1......1Hæmatemesis....1......1
Measles81........9Cancrum Oris......1....1
Scarlatina6..........6Gastritis..............
Diphtheria..1........1Enteritis....1......1
Whooping Cough1221......15Peritonitis....1......1
Fever..8511111Ascites........1..1
Acute Rheumatis....1l....2Ulceration of Stomach..............
Erysipelas, Pyœmia2..........2Ulceration of Intestines..1........1
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....1......1Hernia......11..2
Pyœmia....331..7Intuscessception........1..1
Diarrhœa121........13Disease of Rectum......2....2
Cholera..............Cirrosis....121..4
Choleraic Diarrhœa1..........1Diseases of Liver....131..6
Icterus............
Order 2—Enthetic.
Syphilis1..........1Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Hydrophobia..............
Afumuria......2....2
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys..112....4
Privation..............,, of Bladder........1..1
Want of Breast Milk2..........2„ of Suprarenal Caps..............
Purpura..............,, of Prostate........1..1
Alcoholism:—Diabetes........1..1
a. Del. Tremens..............
b. Intemperance..............Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Lead Poisoning....1......1
Ovarian Dropsy..............
Order 4—Parasitic.Diseases of Womb..............
Thrush1..........1Order 7-Organs of Locomotion.
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Disease of Joints..............
Order 1—Diathetic.„ of Bones..............
Gout............Order 8—Integument.
Dropsy......22..4Phlegmon, Abscess..1........1
Cancer....1..3..4Cutaneous Diseases1......1..2
Order 2 -Tubercular.IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Tuberculosis11........2
Tabes Mesenterica161........17
Hœmoptysis..............Order 1—Of Children.
Consumption6322132..45Premature Birth7..........7
Hydrocephalus11..........11Malformation of the Heart1..........1
Menugitis42........6Other Malformations..............
Teethingl..........1
III. LOCAL.Order 2—Of Adults.
Ord.1-Nervous SystemChildbirth....21....3
Congestion & affection of Brain..........Order 3—Of Old People.
Effusion on Brain1....2....3
Inflammation of Brain2..........2Old Age, natural decay........8715
Apoplexy......32..5
Paralysis..2..213118Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Epilepsy....11....2
Convulsions161........17Atrophy3..........3
Tetanus....2......2Exhaustion, inanition5..........5
Other Diseases..1424..11V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Angiua......21..3
Aneurism........1..2Fractures & Contusions....33....8
Disease of Heart....3911..23Hemorrhage1..........1
Burns and Scalds211......4
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.Drowning..............
Suffocation3..........3
Laryngitis2..........2
Laryngismus2..........2Order 2.—Homicide.
Bronchitis8..3310125Infanticide, Murder3........3
Asthma........2..2Suicides........1..1
Pneumonia63333..17
Other Diseases21221••8No Specified Cause..............
Carried forward121235447593307TOTALS1483066647710395