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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 1869

[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 from Tubercular Class of Diseases :—

TABLE IV.

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. Decern.January, February March.In the Year.Comparative Mortality in 1000 population.
In London.In Paddington.
Scrofula, Tuberculosis,18261716771.100.76
Tabes Messenterica & Marasmus
Hæmoptysis585246442002.891.98
Consumption
Tubercular Pneumonia
Hydrocephalus, and1291212450.590.44
Scrofulous Meningitis
Totals888775723224.583.18

Table: The following table shows the annual mortality Prom Zymotic diseases for the last 4 years, and for each quarter of the past year ending April 2, 1870.

The following table shows the annual mortality Prom Zymotic diseases for the last 4 years, and for each quarter of the past year ending April 2, 1870.

1866-67.1867-68.1868-69.1869-70—QuarterlyTotal.
1234
Small Pox2043......1...1
Measles3176203391025
Scarlet Fever56314626344431135
Diphtheria25162421429
Whooping Cough60824419482253
Erysipelas, &c.1426241004418
Fever, & c.285157101281646
Diarrhœa10888107743161177
34237432577979496364

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The number of deaths from this cause last year is
374; the average of 4 years would be 352. The
localities and streets in which these deaths occur are
shown in my Quarterly Reports.