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 III.
TABLE III.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Under 6 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 under40 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above. | |||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Brought forward | 148 | 12 | 50 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 296 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Measles | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Malignant Dis. of Stom. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Constipation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Gastritis and Enteritis.. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Peritonitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | Ulceration of Pylorus . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | Ulceration of Stomach . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Ulceration of Intestines. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia . | I | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cirrosis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentry | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Icterus—Gall Stones | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Diarrhoea | 56 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 60 | Diseases of Liver | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Liver | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Order 2—Enthetio. | Disease of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Order 5—Urinari Organs. | |||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Order 3—Dietic. | Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Bright's Disease | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Privation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Disease of Kidneys | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism:— | Albumenuria | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
.. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | Uraemia | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Dis. of Bladder&Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
Diseases of Ovaries | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Metritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||||||
Cancer of | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 1—Diathetic. | Order 7- Organs of | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Disease of Bones&Joints | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cancer & Scirrhus | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 8 | ||||||||
Purpura Hemorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 8_Integument. | |||||||
Order 2— Tubercular | Senile Gangrene | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Abscess—Phlegmon | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Scrofula&TubercularDis. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. | |||||||
Marasmus | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | ||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | Order 1—Of Children. | ||||||||||||||
Consumpt &Hcemoptysis | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .. | 41 | ||||||||
Premature Birth | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||||||||
Hydrocephalus andScrof. Meningitis | 13 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | ||||||||
Malform. of the Heart | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
TIT. LOCAL. | Other Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Ord ,1-NervoussY stem | Teething | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2 Of Adults Children | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 7 | ||||||||
PAralysis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
Order 3—Of Old People. | |||||||||||||||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |||||||||
Convulsions | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | ||||||||
Etfnsion of Blood on Brain | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | Old Age, natural decay | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 16 |
Effus.of Serum on Brain. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||
.. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||||
Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | Atrophy, Inanition | 10 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |||||||
Exhaustion | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1—Accidents and | |||||||
Embolism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Aneurism | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
tatty Heart Disease of Heart | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | Fract.& Contusions from | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
Order 3—Organs or Respiration. | Burns and Scalds | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||||||
Drowning | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Suffocation—newly-born | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Laryngisimus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
Bronchitis | 11 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | Infanticide | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Suicides—Hanging | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Manslaughter | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Asthma | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Fracture of Neck | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Pulmon. Congest on | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 10 | Drowning | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 |
.. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Cutting Throat | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Carried forward | 148 | 12 | 60 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 296 | TOTAL | 202 | 21 | 77 | 53 | 59 | 16 | 433 |