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Paddington 1872

[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.
Under 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and aboveUnder 5 Years.5 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above.
I. ZYMOTICBrought forward104214956514285
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small Pox....1......1
Scarlatina1..........1Malignant Dis. of Stom.......11..2
Measles..2........2Constipation......2....2
Whooping Cough6..........6Gastritis..........
Diphtheria..5........5Peritonitis....211..7
Croup2....2Ulceration of Pylorus............
Acute Rheumatis..12......3Ulceration of Stomach....11....2
Diarrhœa3..........3Gall Stone........1..1
Fever Typhoid....31....4Hernia......2l..3
Erysipelas and Pyœmia.1....1....2Cirrosis....111..3
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....1......1Icterus—Jaundice......1225
Rheumatism..............Diseases of Liver..............
Fever..............Cancer of Liver......2316
Order 2—Entsetic.Disease of Rectum......4....4
Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis4..2......6
Hydrophobia..............
Order 3—dietic.Nephritis..............
Bright's Disease..212....5
Privation..............Disease of Kidneys1..1..1..3
Want of Breast Milk..............Diabetes......1....1
Alcoholism:-Albumenuria....11....2
a. Del. Tremens......11..2Uræmia..............
b. Intemperance..............Dis. of Bladder......13i5
Lead Poisoning..............Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Order 4—Parasitic.
Disease of Ovaries..............
Thrush..............Metritis..............
II. CONSTITUTIONAL. Order 1—Diathetic.Disease of Uterus....l13..5
Ovarian Tumor....2......2
Order 7-Organs of Locomotion.
Gout..............
Cancer & Scirrhus....22116Disease 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.4112....8IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1-Of Children.
Marasmus10..........10
Tabes Mesenterica
Consumpt.&Hœmoptysis6422155..52Premature Birth7..........7
Hydrocephalus and521......8Malform of the Heart..............
Scrof. MeningitisAtelectasis2..........2
III. LOCAL. Ord.l--Nervous SystemOther Malformations1..........1
Teething..............
Tetanus..............Order 2—of Adults.
Apoplexy......24..6
Paralysis....1210..13Childbirth....21....3
Epilepsy..1........1Order 3—ofOld People.
Convulsions12..........12
Effusion of Blood onBrain211..1..5Old Age, natural decay .......18817
Other Diseases of Brain..............Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Other Diseases3..142..10
Order 2—organs of Circulation.Atrophy2..........2
Exhaustion..............
Spasm of Heart..1........1v. violent deaths. Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Embolism..1........1
Aneurism......11..2
Fatty Heart....1......1
Disease of Heart..26157..30Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c.1..5......6
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.Burns and Scalds........1..1
Drowning1..........2
Laryngitis1..........1Suffocation1..........1
Laryngisimus..............Shooting..1........1
Bronchitis33..l49249Poisoning........1..1
Pleurisy..............Order 2.—Homicide.
Pneumonia8..234118Infanticide..............
Asthma......13..4Suicides—Oxalic Acid..............
Pulmon. Congest on..............Poison....1......1
Other Diseases3....2....5Fracture of Neck............
Carried forward104214956514285TOTAL1202768817816390