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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
Deaths from Zymotic and other Diseases, from October 3rd, to December 26th, 1874.
| Weeks. ending | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria, Quinsy &c Croup. | Whooping Cough | Typhus, Infantile and other Fevers. | Carbuncle, Erysipelas and Pyasmia. | Dysentery and Diarrhoea. | Phthisis and Tubercular Dis. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Other Diseases. | Accidents and Violent Deaths. | Total. | 1 Inquests. | Workhouses. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 15 | ... | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... |
| „ 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... |
| „ 17 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ] | 35 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ... |
| „ 24 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2(1) | ... | 5 | 18 | ... | 31 | 2 | 3 | ... | ||
| „ 31 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2(1) | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ... |
| Nov. 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 | ... | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
| „ 14 | ... | . . . | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2(1) | ... | 5 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... |
| „ 21 | ... | 1 | 4 | .. | ... | .. | ... | ... | 15 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ... |
| „ 28 | ... | ... | ] | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... |
| Dec. 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1(2) | 2 | ... | 6 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ... |
| „ 12 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ... |
| „ 19 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ... |
| „ 26 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1(2) | ... | ... | 10 | 10 | 16 | ... | 42 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ... |
| 1 Total | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11(3) | ... | 7 | 12 | 6 | 89 | 98 | 240 | 18 | 508 | 34 | 48 | 44 | 1 |