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 IV.
M ortality of the P arish of P addington during the Quarter ending
September 26th, 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 | ||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Brought forward | 164 | 25 | 57 | 49 | 33 | 3 | 331 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. Cancer of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Scarlatina | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | Constipation | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Diphtheria | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Croup | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Peritonitis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Ulceration of Pylorus . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever -Typhus&Typhoid | 5 | 4 | 4 | l | .. | .. | 14 | Ulceration of Intestines | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia | 1 | 1 | 3 | l | .. | .. | 6 | Hcemorrage of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Abdominal Tumour | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 70 | 3 | •• | l | 4 | .. | 78 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | Icterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Diarrhœa | Cancer of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Cholera | Diseases of Liver | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 9 | |||||||
Order 2—Enthetio. Hydrophobia | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. Disease of Kidneys | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Order 3—Dietic. Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Uremia | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Want of Breast Milk .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nephritis | 1 | 1 | |||||
Alcoholism:— a. Del. Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Orchritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
b. Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. Ovariatomy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Order 4—Parasitic. Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Hoemorrhage of Womb . | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Ovarian Tumour ...... | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Disease of Uterus...... | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||
Uterine Disease........ | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Order 1 — Diathetic. | .. | .. | 4 | l | 2 | .. | 7 | Order 7- Organs of Locomotion. Caries & Disease of Bones | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 | ||||||||
Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 8—Integument. Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Order 2 -Tubercular. Scrofula | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Tumours.............. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||
Consumption & Phthisis | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | .. | 45 | ||||||||
Hydrocephalus, and Tubercular Meningitis | 10 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||||||||
Order 1—Of Children. Premature Birth | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||||||
III. LOCAL. | |||||||||||||||
Malformation of the Heart | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Ord.l-Nervous System Sun Stroke | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Other Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Teething | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Order 2—Of Adults. Childbirth | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Inflamation&Dis.of Brain | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | |||||||||
Convulsions | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | Order 3—Of Old People. Old Age, natural decay | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 9 | 15 |
Softening of Brain | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Effusion of Blood on Brain | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. Atrophy | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Order 2—Organs or Circulation. Pericarditis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Exhaustion, Debility & Inanition | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||||||||
Embolism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. Fract. & Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Disease of Heart ...... | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Valvular Disease of Heart | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 3—Organs of Respiration. Laryngitis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Poisoning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Spasm of Glottis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Rupture of Bowels | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | Order 2.—Homicide. Infanticide Murder | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Infi. of Lungs&Pneumonia | 13 | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 20 | ||||||||
Conges. & Pul. Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Suicides, Hanging | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Asthma | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | Drowning | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Hœmoptysis | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | Pistol-shot | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 164 | 25 | 57 | 49 | 33 | 3 | 321 | TOTAL | 204 | 32 | 178 | 70 | 50 | 15 | 449 |