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Table: TABLE IV.Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter endingDecember 30th, 1871.

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TABLE IV.

Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending

December 30th, 1871.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.	Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.
Causes of Death.	Under 5 Years.	5 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.	Causes of Death.	Under 5 Years.	5 and under 20	20 and under40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above.	Total.
I. ZYMOTIC								Brought forward	116	19	73	64	75	11	358
Order 1—Miasmatic.								Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small Pox	3	1	4	..	..	..	8	Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Measles	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Cancer of Stomach, &c	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Scarlatina	6	3	..	..	..	..	8	Enteritis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diphtheria	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	Gastrins	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Peritonitis	1	2	3	..	..	..	6
Whooping Cough	17	1	..	..	..	..	18	Ulceration of Pylorus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever after Vaccination.	2	3	6	1	3	..	15	Ulceration of Stomach .	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Acute&Chr Rheumatism	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Abdominal Tumour	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Erysipelas and Pyaemia .	1	..	2	1	1	..	5	Hernia	..	..	..	3	..	..	3
Metria (Puerperal Fever)	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	Cirrosis & Hepatitis	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Dysentry	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Icterus	1	..	..	1	1	..	3
Diarrhoea	2	..	1	1	1	..	5	Strict, of Rectum	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Order 2—Enthetic.								Diseases of Liver	1	1	..	2	2	..	6
Order 2—Enthetic.								Cancer of Liver	..	1	..	..	2	..	3
Syphilis	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Order 3—Dietic.								Nephritis	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Privation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Bright's Disease	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Want of Breast Milk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Kidneys	..	..	..	1	1	..	²
Purpura	..	..	1	..	..	. .	1	Disease of Bladder		..	..	1	1	..	2
Alcoholism:—								Diabetes	..	1	..	..	1	..	²
a. Del. Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	Urœmia	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
b. Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Albumenuria	1	l	i	..	..	..	3
Lead Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Prostate	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Order 4—Parasitic.								Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Cancer of Breast	..	..	l	l	..	..	2
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.								Ovarian Dropsy	..	..	l	..	..	..	1
II. CONSTITUTIONAL.								„ Tumour	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Order 1—Diathetic.								Cancer of Uterus	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Gout	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Order 7- Organs of Locomotion.
Dropsy	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Cancer & Scirrhus	..	..	1	6	3	..	10
Hœmorrage	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Bones	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
								Order 8—Integument.
Order 2 —Tubercular .									..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scrofula, Rickets	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	Cutaneous Disease	l	..	..	..	..	..	1
TabesMesent. &Marasmus	15	1	..	..	..	..	16	IV. DEVELOP-MENTAL
Consumption	5	3	33	14	1	..	56	IV. DEVELOP-MENTAL
Hydrocephalus and Meningitis	6	..	..	..	..	..	6	Order 1—Of Children.
III. LOCAL.								Premature Birth	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
III. LOCAL.								Malforma.of the Rectum	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Ord .1-Nervous System								Ncevus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Apoplexy	..	..	..	4	7	..	11	Teething	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Paralysis	..	..	1	3	8	2	14
Epilepsy	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Order 2—Of Adults. Childbirth
Convulsions	16	..	..	1	..	..	17	Order 2—Of Adults. Childbirth	..	..	3	1	..	..	4
Effusion on Brain	1	..	1	2	..	..	4	Order 3—Of Old People.
Tetanus	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Order 3—Of Old People.
Inflamation of Brain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Old Age, natural decay .	..	..	..	..	10	3	13
Cerebral Congestion	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	Order 4—Diseases of N utrition.
Other Diseases	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	Order 4—Diseases of N utrition.
Order 2—Organs or Circulation.								Atrophy	5	..	..	..	..	..	5
Order 2—Organs or Circulation.								Exhaustion, Inanition	13	..	..	..	..	..	13
Pericarditis	1	I	2	1	..	..	5	V. VIOLENT DEATHS Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Embolism	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Aneurism	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Fatty Heart	..	..	2	2	2	..	6
Disease of Heart	..	2	3	6	10	..	21	Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident,&c.	..	..	4	2	4	..	10
Spasm of Heart	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident,&c.	..	..	4	2	4	..	10
Order 3—Organs or Respiration.								Burns and Scalds	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
								Drowning	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
								Suffocation	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Laryngitis Spasm	l	..	..	..	..	..	l	Order 2.—Homicide.
Bronchitis	26	2	4	7	22	7	68	Infanticide	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Pleurisy	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	Suicides—Falling	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Pneumonia	7	..	6	2	4	..	19	Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Asthma	..	..	1	4	2	..	7	Pistol-shot	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cong. & Pul. Apoplexy .	4	..	2	2	4	2	14
Other Diseases	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	No Specified Cause	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carried forward____	116	19	73	64	75	11	358	TOTAL	151	20	86	88	104	14	469

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Nuisances and Complaints during the Quarter ending
December 30th, 1871.
The register book of complaints and nuisances contains
137 cases, which admit of the following classification:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys.
„ „ water supply 47
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c 40
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
ballast burning, bad meat, &c. 3
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 4
Smoke nuisances 1
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from. 5
Smells from the Canal Basin —
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c. 8
Smells from decaying and putrid substances. 5
Defective cleansiug of Roadways 2
Dangerous Structure 1
Miscellaneous other complaints 21
Total 137
These complaints received almost immediate attention.

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Table: TABLE IV.Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter endingDecember 30th, 1871.

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