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 25th, 1869.
| 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 SO | 80 and above | Under 5 Years. | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 andabove | ||||
| I. ZYMOTIC. | Brought forward | 156 | 37 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 321 | |||||||
| Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs or Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Measles | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Dispepsia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Scarlatina | 27 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | Abeess of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Cancer of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 11 | Ulceration of Stomach . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | Fistula in Ano | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Icterus | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 48 | Abdominal Tumour | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Cholera | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Diseases of Liver | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 7 |
| Choleric Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Cancer of Liver | .. | •• | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Order 2—Enthetic. | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | ||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Brights Disease | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
| Order 3—Dietic. | Disease of Kidneys | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||
| Disease of Biadder | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Want of Breast Milk | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Albumenuria | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Purpura | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Alcoholism:— | Ordor 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | ||||||||||||||
| a. Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| b. Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Order 4-Parasitic | Other Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Thrush | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Cancer of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | •• | 3 |
| II. CONSTITUTIONAL | Order 7—Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
| Disease of Joints | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Order I—Diathetic. | Disease of Bones | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
| Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cancer | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Order 2 -Tubercular. | Cutaneous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Marasmus | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||
| Scrofula | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Order 1—Of Children. | |||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Premature Birth | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| Consumption | 9 | 8 | 27 | 8 | .. | 52 | Malformation of the Heart | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Hydrocephalus, &c | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | Other Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. LOCAL. | Teething | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
| Order 2—Of Adults | |||||||||||||||
| Ord.l-NERVOUS SYSTEM | Childbirth | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |||||||
| Disease of Brain | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | Order 3—Of Old People. | |||||||
| Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | 10 | ||||||||
| Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Old Ago, natural decay . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||
| Convulsions | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||||
| Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Effusion on Brain | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Atrophy | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Exhaustion, Antenna | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||||||||
| Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Carditis | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | Order 1 —Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||
| Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Disease of Heart | .. | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .. | 20 | Fractures & Contusions. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Fatty Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Chloroform | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Order 3—Oroans of Respiration. | Burns and Scalds____ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Drowning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
| Suffocation | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
| Ashma | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | Accidental Poisoning | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Laryngismus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2-Homicide | |||||||
| Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||
| Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Infanticide | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Pneu,monia | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | Suicide | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Asthtma Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | No Specified Cause | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | ||||||||
| Carried forward | 150 | 87 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 321 | TOTALS | 165 | 41 | 68 | 59 | 70 | 13 | 436 |