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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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 III.
Mortality of the Parish of PaddingtoN during the Quarter ending December 26th, 1874.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 24 | Gastritis & Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ' ' | .. | |
Diphtheria, Tonsilitis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | |
Croup | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | Jaundice | .. | .. | .. | . . | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Ulceration of Pylorus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fevers | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | Ulceration of Intestines | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Acute Rheumatism, Rh. Fever, Septicmia | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | Vomiting | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Cirrosis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||||||||||
Erysipelas and Pyoemia . | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 12 | Icterus—Gall Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 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 | ||||||||
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 | |||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Prostate, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Uraemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
Thrush | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
ii. CONSTITUTIONAL. | Cancer of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | |||||||
Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 1- Diathetic | Order 7- Organs of Locomotion. | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | i | .. | .. | .. | 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 | ||||||||
Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Scrofula | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Elephantiasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Tables Mesenterica | 11 | ,. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||||||||
Consumption | 3 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 11 | .. | 61 | 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 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Teething | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Lralysis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | Old Age, natural decay . | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 8 | 20 | |||
Order 2—Organs of Circulation. | .. | Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition. | |||||||||||||
Pericarditis | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | Atrophy, Debility | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Embolism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Exhaustion, Inanition.. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Aneurism, &c | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | .. | ||||||
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | ||||||||
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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Pistol-shot, &c | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Carried forward | 112 | 28 | 64 | 89 | 63 | 7 | 363 | TOTALS | 156 | 35 | 80 | 127 | 93 | 17 |