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Paddington 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE IV.
Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending
July 1st, 1871.
Causes of Death.
Ages.
Total.
Causes of Death.
Ages.
Total
Undsr
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
137
30
49
51
62
8
337
Order 1—Miasmatic.
Order 4—Organs or
Digestion.
Small-pox
3
5
9
3
2
22
Measles
12
..
..
..
..
..
12
Hsetnatemesis
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Scarlatina
7
7
..
..
..
..
14
Malig. Dis. of Stomach.
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Diphtheria
2
1
..
..
..
..
3
Gastritis
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Croup
6
..
..
..
..
..
6
Enteritis
2
1
..
..
..
..
3
Whooping Cough
13
1
..
..
..
..
14
Peritonitis
3
..
2
1
..
.,
6
Fever
1
3
..
..
. .
..
4
Ascites
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Acute Rheumatism
..
1
1
2
..
..
4
Stricture of ^Esophagus
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Erysipelas
1
..
l
1
..
..
3
Ulceration of Intestines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Metria (Puerperal Fever)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hernia
1
1
..
1
1
1
5
Dysentery
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cirrosi8
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Diarrhoea
5
..
..
..
1
..
6
Jaundice
2
..
..
1
..
..
3
Cholera
..
..
• •
••
..
..
..
Diseases of Liver
1
..
..
1
2
..
4
Order 2—Entiietic.
Order 5—Urinar?
Organs.
Syphilis
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Bright Disease
..
..
• •
2
2
..
4
Order 3—Dietic.
Alfunemira
..
..
..
1
2
..
3
Privation
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Disease of Kidneys
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Dis. of Bladder&Cystitis
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Purpura
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diabetes
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Alcoholism:—
Calculus
..
..
..
..
2
1
3
a. Del. Tremens
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 6—Uterus and
Ovaries.
b. Intemperance
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
Lead Poisoning
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Order 4—Parasitic.
Ovarian Disease
..
..
1
..
2
..
3
Cancer of Womb&Breast
..
..
2
2
l
..
5
Thrush
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Disease of Womb
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.
Hœmorrhage of Womb.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Uterine Disease
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
Order 1 Diathetic.
Order 7- Organs of
Locomotion.
Rheumatism
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Gout
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Dropsy
..
..
1
.
2
..
3
Disease of Bones
1
• •
..
* *
1
..
2
Cancer
..
..
1
4
1
..
6
Order 8—Integument.
Order 2 -Tubercular.
Phlegmon
..
2
..
••
••
• •
2
Ulceration,&c
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Scrofula
8
1
1
..
..
..
10
Cutaneous Diseases
..
..
..
..
3
..
3
Tabes Mesenterica
18
..
..
..
..
..
18
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL.
Consumption & Phthisis
6
2
20
0
5
1
39
Hydrocephalus, and
Tubercular Meningitis
4
••
1
••
••
• •
5
Order 1—Of Children.
III. LOCAL.
Premature Birth
9
..
..
..
..
..
9
Malformation of theHeart
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Ord .1--Nervous System
Other Malformations
4
..
..
..
..
..
4
Inflamation of Brain
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Teething
7
..
..
..
..
..
7
Apoplexy
..
..
1
4
5
..
10
Order 2—Of Adults.
Paralysis
..
..
....
2
9
2
13
Softening of Brain
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Childbirth
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
Epilepsy
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Order 3—Of Old
People.
Convulsions
13
..
1
1
..
..
15
Effusion on Blood
3
1
..
1
2
..
7
Old Age, natural decay .
..
..
..
..
3
14
17
Other Diseases
..
i
..
2
..
..
3
Order 4—Diseases of
nutrition.
Tetanus
..
••
••
••
••
..
..
Order 2—Organs of
Circulation.
Atrophy
4
..
..
..
..
..
4
Exhaustion
5
..
..
..
..
..
5
Pericarditis
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
V. VIOLENT DEATHS.
Order 1—Accidents and
Negligence.
Aneurism
..
..
i
1
..
..
2
Disease of Heart
..
..
4
6
12
..
22
Fatty Heart
..
..
..
2
2
..
4
1
..
2
2
..
..
5
Spasm of Heart
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Chloroform
1
2
..
..
..
..
3
Embolism
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Burns and Scalds
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Order 3—Organs of
Respiration.
Drowning
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Suffocation
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Laryngitis
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
Poisoning
..
..
••
..
..
..
••
Laryngismus
3
..
..
..
..
..
3
Order 2.—Homicide.
Bronchitis
18
2
4
10
10
4
48
Pleurisy
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
Infanticide
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
Pneumonia
7
2
1
1
5
1
17
Suicide
..
..
1
1
..
••
2
Conges. & Pul. Apoplexy
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Drowning
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
Asthma
..
..
..
1
1
• •
2
Murder— Cut Throat
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Other Diseases
••
..
1
1
i
••
3
Ho Specified Cause
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
Carried forward
137
30
49
51
62
8
337
TOTAL
180
33
67
68
87
24
464
* The deaths under 5 years of age are 38.7 per cent. of the total deaths. 3 Small-Pox Deaths were under 5 years of age.