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Paddington 1869

[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 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under SO80 and aboveUnder 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 andabove
I. ZYMOTIC.Brought forward156374841363321
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs or Digestion.
Small-pox..............
Measles3..........3Dispepsia......1....1
Scarlatina279........36Abeess of Liver............1
Diphtheria..............Enteritis1......1..2
Croup11........2Peritonitis..............
Whooping Cough5..........5Cancer of Rectum......1....1
Typhoid Fever..8422..11Ulceration of Stomach .............1
Typhus Fever2..22....6Fistula in Ano......1....1
Erysipelas........1..1Hernia..............
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....1......1Cirrosis........2..2
Dysentery..........11Icterus..1..11..3
Diarrhœa43113....48Abdominal Tumour......11..2
Cholera..1........1Diseases of Liver......25..7
Choleric Diarrhœa4..........4Cancer of Liver..••....1..1
Order 2—Enthetic.Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis2..........2
Hydrophobia..............Brights Disease......24..6
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys......21..3
Disease of Biadder......1....1
Privation..............Disease of Prostate..........11
Want of Breast Milk6..........6Albumenuria....2......2
Purpura..1........1Diabetes..............
Alcoholism:—Ordor 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
a. Del. Tremens..............
b. Intemperance..............
Lead Poisoning..............Ovarian Dropsy..............
Order 4-ParasiticOther Diseases....1..1..1
Thrush4..........4Cancer of Uterus......21••3
II. CONSTITUTIONALOrder 7—Organs of Locomotion.
Disease of Joints..1........1
Order I—Diathetic.Disease of Bones..1..1....2
Gout..............Order 8—Integument.
Dropsy........1..1Phlegmon........112
Cancer..12..3..6Gangrene........1..1
Order 2 -Tubercular.Cutaneous Diseases..............
Marasmus12..........12IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Scrofula4..........4
Tuberculosis21..1....4Order 1—Of Children.
Tabes Mesenterica6..........6Premature Birth12..........12
Consumption98278..52Malformation of the Heart2..........2
Hydrocephalus, &c72........9Other Malformations..............
III. LOCAL.Teething2..........2
Order 2—Of Adults
Ord.l-NERVOUS SYSTEMChildbirth....41....5
Disease of Brain1..1..1..3Order 3—Of Old People.
Apoplexy......37..10
Paralysis......2518
Insanity..............Old Ago, natural decay .........10818
Epilepsy........1..1Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Convulsions7..........7
Tetanus..............
Effusion on Brain3..1......4Atrophy5..........5
Exhaustion, Antenna10..........10
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Rheumatic Carditis23..1....6Order 1 —Accidents and Negligence.
Aneurism........1..1
Disease of Heart..3188..20Fractures & Contusions.....112..4
Fatty Heart..............Chloroform..............
Order 3—Oroans of Respiration.Burns and Scalds____..............
Drowning........1..1
Suffocation2..........2
Ashma........3..3Accidental Poisoning1....1....2
Laryngismus..............Order 2-Homicide
Bronchitis..3363116
Pleurisy......1....1Infanticide4..........4
Pneu,monia3..42....9Suicide....1......1
Asthtma Tumour..............No Specified Cause............1
Other Diseases....12....6
Carried forward150874841363321TOTALS1654168597013436