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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 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
Table shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases,
and proportions to Population, and to 1000 Deaths, 1877.
Total Deaths
Deaths per 1,000
of Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1,000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases
227
2.1
133.06
2. Pulmonary Diseases
(other than Phthisis)
355
3.2
208.09
3. Tubercular Diseases
202
1.8
118.41
4. Wasting Diseases of Infants
97
9
56.86
5. Convulsive Diseases of Infants
138
1.3
80.89
NOTES.
I. Includes Small pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions,
and Teething.