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.
Mortality Of the P arish Of P addington during the Quarter ending December 28th, 1872.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | ||||||||||
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Under 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 | 104 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 285 | |||||||
Order 1—Miasmatic. | Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Scarlatina | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Malignant Dis. of Stom. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Measles | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Constipation | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Peritonitis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 |
Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | Ulceration of Pylorus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Acute Rheumatis | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Ulceration of Stomach | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Gall Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Fever Typhoid | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Hernia | .. | .. | .. | 2 | l | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Icterus—Jaundice | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diseases of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cancer of Liver | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Order 2—Entsetic. | Disease of Rectum | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | |||||||
Order 5—Urinary Organs. | |||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Order 3—dietic. | Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Bright's Disease | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Kidneys | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Alcoholism:- | Albumenuria | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
a. Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | Uræmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
b. Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Dis. of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | i | 5 |
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Metritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. Order 1—Diathetic. | Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | l | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | |||||||
Ovarian Tumor | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 7-Organs of Locomotion. | |||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Cancer & Scirrhus | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Disease of Bones& Joints | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Purpura Hæmorrhagica. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
Order 2 Tubercular . | Phlegmon Absces | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Scrofula& TubercularDis. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1-Of Children. | |||||||
Marasmus | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | |||||||||||||||
Consumpt.&Hœmoptysis | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 5 | .. | 52 | Premature Birth | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Hydrocephalus and | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | Malform of the Heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scrof. Meningitis | Atelectasis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
III. LOCAL. Ord.l--Nervous System | Other Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Teething | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2—of Adults. | |||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 | ||||||||
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | .. | 13 | Childbirth | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Order 3—ofOld People. | |||||||
Convulsions | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||||||||
Effusion of Blood onBrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | Old Age, natural decay . | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
Other Diseases of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||
Other Diseases | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 10 | ||||||||
Order 2—organs of Circulation. | Atrophy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Exhaustion | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Spasm of Heart | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | v. violent deaths. Order 1—Accidents and Negligence. | |||||||
Embolism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Disease of Heart | .. | 2 | 6 | 15 | 7 | .. | 30 | Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Order 3—Organs of Respiration. | Burns and Scalds | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Drowning | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Suffocation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngisimus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Shooting | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | 33 | .. | l | 4 | 9 | 2 | 49 | Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Pleurisy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
Pneumonia | 8 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | Infanticide | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | Suicides—Oxalic Acid | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmon. Congest on | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Poison | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | Fracture of Neck | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Carried forward | 104 | 21 | 49 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 285 | TOTAL | 120 | 27 | 68 | 81 | 78 | 16 | 390 |