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 A.
Deaths Registered from all Causes during each quarter of the Year 1876 in each Sub-District.
Note.— The Deaths in Public Institutions, with the exception of those in the Workhouse, are excluded.
Cause of Death. | Sub-District. | Total 1st Quarter. | Sub-District. | Total 2nd Quarter. | Sub-District. | Total 3rd Quarter. | Sub-District. | Total 4th Quarter. | Total Deaths. | Total | |||||||||
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St Mary. | St. John. | St. Mary. | St. John. | St Mary. | St. John. | St Mary. | St. John. | St. Mary. | St. John. | ||||||||||
I. | Glasses. Zymotic Diseases | 93 | 17 | 110 | 75 | 25 | 100 | 82 | 29 | 111 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 275 | 77 | 352 | |||
II. | Constitutional Diseases | 69 | 22 | 91 | 88 | 27 | 115 | 72 | 15 | 87 | 60 | 22 | 72 | 279 | 86 | 366 | |||
III. | Local Diseases | 168 | 64 | 222 | 119 | 70 | 189 | 87 | 46 | 133 | 149 | 46 | 195 | 513 | 226 | 739 | |||
IV. | Developmental Diseases | 45 | 21 | 66 | 39 | 11 | 50 | 43 | 18 | 61 | 38 | 9 | 47 | 165 | 69 | 224 | |||
V. | Violent Deaths | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 20 | 60 | |||
Not specified or ill defined | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Totals | 381 | 127 | 508 | 327 | 141 | 468 | 296 | 117 | 413 | 271 | 86 | 357 | 1275 | 471 | 1746 | ||||
C1ass. I. | Zymotic Diseases. Order 1.—Miasmatic. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. | smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2. | Measles | 42 | 6 | 47 | 31 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 75 | 16 | 91 | |||
3. | Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 35 | |||
4. | Diphtheria | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
5. | Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
6. | Croup | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | |||
7. | Whooping Couch | 27 | 6 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 60 | |||
8. | Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | |||
Enteric or Typhoid F | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
Simple continued F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
9. | Erysipelas | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | .. | 3 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |||
10. | Puerperal Fever (Metria) | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
11. | Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
12. | Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
13. | Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
14. | Diarrhœa | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 52 | .. | 1 | |||
15. | Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 70 | |||
16. | Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
17. | Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
18. | Rheumatism | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |||
19. | Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | |||
Order 2.—Enthetic. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Syphilis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
2. | Stricture of Urethra | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
3. | Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
4. | Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Order 3.—Dietic. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
2. | Want of Breast Milk | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | |||
3. | Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
4. | Alcoholism | a. Del. Tremens.. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
b. Intemperance. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
Order 4.—Parasitic. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Thrush | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | |||
2. | Worms, &C. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
II. | Constitutional Diseases. Order 1.—Diathetic. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. | Gout | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
2. | Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||
3. | Cancer | 9 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 17 | .. | 21 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 22 | 73 | |||
4. | Cancrum Oris (Noma) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5. | Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Order 2.—Tubercular. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Scrofula | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
2. | Tabes Meson | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |||
3. | Phthisis | 43 | 13 | 56 | 48 | 13 | 61 | 37 | 10 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 160 | 60 | 210 | |||
4. | Hydrocephalus | 13 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 46 | |||
III. | Order 1.—Nervous System. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. | Cephalitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | |||
2. | Apoplexy | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 33 | |||
3. | Paralysis | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 48 | |||
4. | Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5. | Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
6. | Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
7. | Convulsions | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 13 | 45 | |||
8. | Brain Disease, &c. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 34 | |||
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Pericarditis | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | |||
2. | Aneurism | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
3. | Heart Disease, &c. | 22 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 70 | 32 | 102 | |||
Order 3.—Resniratoru Organs. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Laryngitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||
2 | Bronchitis | 61 | 19 | 80 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 147 | 39 | 186 | |||
3. | Pleurisy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
4 | Pneumonia | 13 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 53 | 24 | 77 | |||
5. | Asthma | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3.. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | |||
6. | Lung Disease, &c. | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||
Order 4.—Digestive Organs. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
2. | Enteritis | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
3. | Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
4. | Ascites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
5. | Ulceration of Intestines | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 5 | |||
6. | Hernia | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
7. | Ileus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. | Intussusception | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
9. | Stricture of Intestines | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
10. | Fistula | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
11. | Stomach Disease &c. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 * | |||
12 | Pancreas Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
13. | Hepatitis | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |||
14. | Jaundice | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
15. | Liver Disease, &c. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 20 | |||
16. | Spleen Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Order fi.— Urinary Organs. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Nephritis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
2. | Ischuria | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
3. | Bright's Disease (Nephria) | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 28 | |||
4. | Diabetes | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
5. | Calculus (Stone) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
6. | Cystitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
7. | Kidney Disease, &c. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
Order 6.—Organs of Generation. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Ovarian Dropsy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
2 | Uterus Disease, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
Order 7.—Oroans of Locomotion | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Synovitis (Arthritis) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
2 | Joint Disease, &c. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Order 8.—Integumentary System. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
2. | Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
3. | Skin Disease, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
IV. | Developmental Diseases. Order 1.—Diseases of Children. | ||||||||||||||||||
1. | Premature Birth | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 3 | 21 | 5 | 26 | |||
2. | Cyanosis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
3. | Spina Bifida | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
4. | Other Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5. | Teething | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 22 | |||
Order 2.—Adults. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Paramenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
2. | Childbirth(see Puerperal Fever) | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
Order 3.—Old People. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Old Age | 12 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 54 | 19 | 73 | |||
Order 4.—Nutrition. | |||||||||||||||||||
1. | Atrophy and Debility | 21 | 9 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 66 | 25 | 91 | |||
v. | Violent Deaths. Order 1.—Accident or Negligence | ||||||||||||||||||
1. | Fractures and Contusions | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
2. | Wounds | Gunshot | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Cut, Stab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
3. | Burns and scalds | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
4. | Poison | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
5. | Drowning | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
6. | Suffocation | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 13 | |||
7. | Otherwise | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Order 3.—Homicide | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||||
Order 4.—Suicide | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||||
Cause* not specified or ill defined | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |