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Paddington 1874

[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 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 forward112286489637303
Order 1—Miasmatic.Order 4—Organs of Digestion.
Small Pox......1....1Malignant Dis. of Stom.....12....3
Measles2..... .....2Hoematemesis....1......1
Scarletina14631....24Gastritis & Peritonitis..........' '..
Diphtheria, Tonsilitis41........5Enteritis2152....10
Croup5..6......8Jaundice....... .2..2
Whooping Cough..............Ulceration of Pylorus..............
Fevers532......10Ulceration of Intestines......1....1
Acute Rheumatism, Rh. Fever, Septicmia33..1....7Vomiting........1..1
Cirrosis....12..3
Erysipelas and Pyoemia .1....74..12Icterus—Gall Stone..........
Metria (Puerperal Fever)....2......2Disease of Rectum..... .2....2
Dysentery..............Disease of Liver....24....6
Diarrhoea5..1......6Disease of Spleen1..........1
Cholera..............Cancer of Liver......2316
Order 2—Enthetio.Order 5—Urinary Organs.
Syphilis4..........4
Hydrophobia..............Bright's Disease..1131..6
Order 3—Dietic.Disease of Kidneys..113..5
Want of Breast Milk..............Disease of Bladder......1..1
Haemorrage..............Diabetes....2....2
Alcoholism:—Albumenuria..13..4
a. Del. Tremens............Disease of Prostate, &c.............
b. Intemperance..............Uraemia............
Lead Poisoning..............Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries.
Order 4—Parasitic.
Thrush2..........2Disease of Ovaries......1....1
Ovarian Dropsy..............
ii. CONSTITUTIONAL.Cancer of Uterus......41..5
Disease of Uterus......2....2
Order 1- DiatheticOrder 7- Organs of Locomotion.
Gout..213
Dropsy..i..2....3
Cancer..76..13Disease of Bones241..1..8
Haemorrhage........1....1Order 8—in tegument.
Order 2 -TubercularPhlegmon....2. .....2
Ulcers, Gangrene..............
Scrofula4........4Elephantiasis..............
Tables Mesenterica11,.....11
Consumption36301211..61IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1—Of Children.
Hydrocephalus and Scrof. Meningitis931......13
Premature Birth9..........9
III. LOCAL.Malform. of the Heart Other Malformations ..2..........2
Ord.l-NERVOUSSYSTEM124..............
Teething3..........3
Apoplexy....61Atelectasis1..........1
Lralysis......314
Epilepsy......1....iOrder 2—Of Adults.
Convulsions8..........8Childbirth....2......2
Effus of Serum & Blood on Brain11124..9Order 3—Of Old.
Soft, of Brain....212..6Old Age, natural decay .
Other Diseases....................12820
Order 2—Organs of Circulation...Order 4—Diseases of Nutrition.
Pericarditis....23....5Atrophy, Debility8..........8
Embolism......1....1Exhaustion, Inanition..9..........9
Aneurism, &c....1......1V. VIOLENT DEATHS...
Fatty Heart....131..6
Disease of Heart..1267..10Order 1—Accidents and Negligence.
Order 3—Organs of Respiration.Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c21..42110
Bronchitis1813213360Burns and Scalds3..........3
Laryngitis1..11....3Drowning—accident....11....2
Laryngisimus4..........4Sffocation do..............
Pleurisy, &c..1..1....2Poison do..............
Pneumonia8283....21Order 2.—Homicide.
Asthma......2....2Infanticide2..........2
Influenza..............Suicide, Hang. CutThroat....1......1
Pulmorary Congestion......24..6Poisoning..............
Other Diseases..............Pistol-shot, &c......1....1
Carried forward112286489637363TOTALS1563580127931750 8