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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TABLE III.
Mortality of the Parish of Paddington during the Quarter ending March 28th, 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 Order 1—Miasmatic. | Brought forward .... Order 4—Organs of Digestion. | 163 | 18 | 65 | 68 | 79 | 31 | 424 | |||||||
Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Malignant Dis. of Stom. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Measles | 44 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 46 | Constipation | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarletina | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Croup | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | Ulceration of Pylorus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fever | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | Disease of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Acute Rheumatism | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | Disease of Intestines | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas and Pyœmia | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Hernia | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Metria (Puerperal Fever) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Cirrosis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Icterus-Gall Stone | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diatthœa | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | Cancer of Rectum | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Liver | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Order 2—Enthetic. | Cancer of Liver | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Order 5—Urinary Organs. | |||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Order 3—Dietic. | Bright's Disease | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 8 | |||||||
Disease of Kidneys | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Disease of Bladder | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Hæmorrage | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Alcoholism:— | Albumenuria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Disease of Prostate, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Uraemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Lead Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Order 6—Uterus and Ovaries. | |||||||
Order 4—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||
Thrush | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | •• | •• | Disease of Ovaries | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
CONSTITUTIONAL Order 1 —Diathetic | „ Tumour | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Cancer of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Order 7- Organs or Locomotion. | |||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | •• | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Disease of Bones | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | •• | 5 | ||||||||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
Hasmorrhage | •• | •• | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | Order 8—Integument. | |||||||
Order 2 -Tubercular | Phlegmon | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||||||
Ulcers, Gangrene | .. | .. | l | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Scrofula | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | IV. DEVELOPMENTAL. Order 1—OF Children. | |||||||
Tabes Mesenterica | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||||||
Consumption | 4 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 1 | .. | 47 | ||||||||
Hydrocephalus and Scrof. Meningitis | 22 | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | 22 | ||||||||
Premature Birth | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||||||||
III. LOCAL. Ord .1-N ervous System | Malform. of the Heart | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||
Other Malformations | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Teething | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||||||||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Order 2—Of Adults. | |||||||
Epilepsy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Childbirth | .. | •• | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | ||||||||
Convulsions | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Effus of Serum on Brain | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 | Order 3—Or Old People. | |||||||
Sun Stroke | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Tetanus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Old Age, natural decay | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Other Diseases | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 10 | Order 4—Diseases of N utrition. | |||||||
Order 2—Organs or Circulation. | |||||||||||||||
Atrophy, Debility | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | ||||||||
Pericarditis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Exhaustion, Anœmia | 3 | 2 | l | 1 | .. | •• | 7 | ||||||||
Embolism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Aneurism, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | V. VIOLENT DEATHS. | |||||||
Fatty Heart | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | ||||||||
Disease of Heart | .. | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 36 | Order 1—Accidents and | |||||||
Spasm of Heart | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Negligence. | |||||||
Order 3—Organs or Respiration. | Fract.& Contusions from Rail. Street Accident, &c | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
Burns and Scalds | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Laryngitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Drowning-accident' | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Laryngisimus | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Suffocation do | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||||||
Bronchitis | 24 | .. | 4 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 83 | ||||||||
Poison do | .. | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. | •• | ||||||||
Pleurisy, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Pneumonia | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Order 2.—Homicide. | |||||||
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | Infanticide | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Suicide, Hang.,CutThroat | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Pulmorary Congestion . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Poisoning | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Viseates | •• | i | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | 12 | Pistol-shot | •• | .. | .. | •• | •• | .. | •• |
Carried forward | 163 | 18 | 65 | 68 | 79 | 31 | 424 | TOTALS | 211 | 24 | 85 | 100 | 102 | 45 | 667 |
Nuisances and Complaints investigated during the Quarter
ending March 31st, 1874.
The register of 154 cases, admits of the following classification:—
Defects of drainage and untrapped gulleys.
48
„ „ water supply
2
Dirty state of premises, water closets, urinals,
stagnant water, percolations, &c.
28
Offensive trades, marine stores, frying of fish,
ballast burning, bad meat, and fruit
3
Overcrowding and bad ventilation
5
Smoke nuisances
1
Animals being dirtily kept, and noises from.
5
Smells from the Canal Basin
—
Accumulation and deposit of manure,garbage,
refuse, dust, dung, &c.
20
Smells, offensive
15
Defective scavenging and watering of
Roadways
4
Dangerous Structures and Places unfit
2
Miscellaneous, and complaints of Epidemic
diseases, &c.
21
Total
154