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Nuisances and Complaints investigated during the Quarter
ending December 25th, 1874.
The register of 140 cases, admits of the following classification
:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys. 53
„ „ water supply 2
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c 34
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
"ballast burning, bad meat, and frui 8
Overcrowding and bad ventilation 9
Smoke nuisances 1
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from. 5
Smells from the Canal Basin 1
Accumulation and deposit of manure, garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c 11
Smells, offensive 2
Defective scavenging and watering of
Roadways 1
Dangerous Structures and Places unfit
Miscellaneous, and complaints of Epidemic
diseases, &c 13
Total 140
These Complaints received almost immediate attention.

Table: TABLE III.Mortality of the Parish of PaddingtoN during the Quarter ending December 26th, 1874.

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TABLE III.

Mortality of the Parish of PaddingtoN during the Quarter ending December 26th, 1874.

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 under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above.	Total
I. ZYMOTIC								Brought forward	112	28	64	89	63	7	303
Order 1—Miasmatic.								Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small Pox	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Malignant Dis. of Stom.	..	..	1	2	..	..	3
Measles	2	..	..	. .	..	..	2	Hoematemesis	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Scarletina	14	6	3	1	..	..	24	Gastritis & Peritonitis	..	..	..	..	..	' '	..
Diphtheria, Tonsilitis	4	1	..	..	..	..	5	Enteritis	2	1	5	2	..	..	10
Croup	5	..	6	..	..	..	8	Jaundice	..	..	..	. .	2	..	2
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Ulceration of Pylorus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fevers	5	3	2	..	..	..	10	Ulceration of Intestines	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Acute Rheumatism, Rh. Fever, Septicmia	3	3	..	1	..	..	7	Vomiting	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Acute Rheumatism, Rh. Fever, Septicmia	3	3	..	1	..	..	7	Cirrosis	..	..	1	2		..	3
Erysipelas and Pyoemia .	1	..	..	7	4	..	12	Icterus—Gall Stone	..	..		..	..	..
Metria (Puerperal Fever)	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	Disease of Rectum	..	..	. .	2	..	..	2
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Liver	..	..	2	4	..	..	6
Diarrhoea	5	..	1	..	..	..	6	Disease of Spleen	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Cancer of Liver	..	..	..	2	3	1	6
Order 2—Enthetio.								Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis	4	..	..	..	..	..	4	Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Hydrophobia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Bright's Disease	..	1	1	3	1	..	6
Order 3—Dietic.								Disease of Kidneys	..		1	1	3	..	5
Want of Breast Milk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Disease of Bladder	..		..	..	1	..	1
Haemorrage	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Diabetes	..		..	2	..	..	2
Alcoholism:—								Albumenuria			..	1	3	..	4
a. Del. Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..		Disease of Prostate, &c.	..		..	..	..	..	..
b. Intemperance	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Uraemia	..		..	..	..	..	..
Lead Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Order 4—Parasitic.								Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Thrush	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Disease of Ovaries	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Thrush	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	Ovarian Dropsy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
ii. CONSTITUTIONAL.								Cancer of Uterus	..	..	..	4	1	..	5
ii. CONSTITUTIONAL.								Disease of Uterus	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Order 1- Diathetic								Order 7- Organs of Locomotion.
Gout	..			2	1		3
Dropsy	..	i	..	2	..	..	3
Cancer	..			7	6	..	13	Disease of Bones	2	4	1	..	1	..	8
Haemorrhage	....	..	..	1	..	..	1	Order 8—in tegument.
Order 2 -Tubercular								Phlegmon	..	..	2	. .	..	..	2
Order 2 -Tubercular								Ulcers, Gangrene	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scrofula	4		..	..	..	..	4	Elephantiasis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tables Mesenterica	11	,.		..	..		11	Elephantiasis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Consumption	3	6	30	12	11	..	61	IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1—Of Children.
Hydrocephalus and Scrof. Meningitis	9	3	1	..	..	..	13	IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1—Of Children.
Hydrocephalus and Scrof. Meningitis	9	3	1	..	..	..	13	Premature Birth	9	..	..	..	..	..	9
III. LOCAL.								Malform. of the Heart Other Malformations ..	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Ord.l-NERVOUSSYSTEM			1	2	4			Malform. of the Heart Other Malformations ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ord.l-NERVOUSSYSTEM			1	2	4			Teething	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
Apoplexy	..	..			6	1		Atelectasis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Lralysis	..	..	..			3	14	Atelectasis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Epilepsy	..	..	..	1	..	..	i	Order 2—Of Adults.
Convulsions	8	..	..	..	..	..	8	Childbirth	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Effus of Serum & Blood on Brain	1	1	1	2	4	..	9	Order 3—Of Old				.
Soft, of Brain	..	..	2	1	2	..	6	Old Age, natural decay .				.
Other Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	Old Age, natural decay .	..	..	..	..	12	8	20
Order 2—Organs of Circulation.	..							Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Pericarditis	..	..	2	3	..	..	5	Atrophy, Debility	8	..	..	..	..	..	8
Embolism	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	Exhaustion, Inanition..	9	..	..	..	..	..	9
Aneurism, &c	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	V. VIOLENT DEATHS.		..
Fatty Heart	..	..	1	3	1	..	6	V. VIOLENT DEATHS.		..
Disease of Heart	..	1	2	6	7	..	10	Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.								Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c	2	1	..	4	2	1	10
Bronchitis	18	1	3	2	13	3	60	Burns and Scalds	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
Laryngitis	1	..	1	1	..	..	3	Drowning—accident	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Laryngisimus	4	..	..	..	..	..	4	Sffocation do	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pleurisy, &c	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	Poison do	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pneumonia	8	2	8	3	..	..	21	Order 2.—Homicide.
Asthma	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	Infanticide	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Suicide, Hang. CutThroat	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Pulmorary Congestion	..	..	..	2	4	..	6	Poisoning	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	Pistol-shot, &c	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Carried forward	112	28	64	89	63	7	363	TOTALS	156	35	80	127	93	17	50 8

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Table: TABLE III.Mortality of the Parish of PaddingtoN during the Quarter ending December 26th, 1874.