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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 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
Table showing the Mortality from certain classes of
Diseases, and proportions to Population, and to
1,000 Deaths, 1875.
Total Deaths
Deaths per 1,000
of Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1,000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
283
2.7
153
2. Pulmonary Diseases
( other than Phthisis)
349
3.3
188
3. Tubercular Diseases
225
2.1
121
4. Wasting Diseases of
Infants
122
1.2
66
5. Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
119
1.1
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NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and
Pi emature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.