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Paddington 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE IIIA.Deaths Registered from all causes driving each quarter of the year 1879 in each sub-district of the Parish.Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

TABLE IIIA.

Deaths Registered from all causes driving each quarter of the year 1879 in each sub-district of the Parish.

Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

Cause op Death.Sub-DistrictTotal 1st Quarter.Sub-DistrictTotal 2nd Quarter.Sub-DistrictTotal 3rd Quarter.Sub-DistrictTotal 4 th Quarter.Total DeathsTOTAL.
St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.St. Mary's.St. John's.
classes.
I. Zymotic Diseases52247673168947136061369723389322
II. Constitutional Diseases862210870259556187476239928888376
III. Local. Diseases21410231617678254973613316790257654306960
IV. Developmental Diseases5519743815533494342115316951223
V. Violent Deaths64107411851310414311748
Not specified or ill-defined2131...13142...28210
Totals4151725873651385032458232735816452213835561939
Class.Zymotic Diseases.
I.Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox1...1...111...1.........213
2. Measles.........92116...6751222729
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)115161341791421930481967
4. Diphtheria51612...125...521324226
5. Quinsy
6. Croup6175...53...831417219
7. Whooping Cough15621153181267916412061
8. Typhus Fever
Enteric or Typhoid F.257415213...118816
(Simple continued F..........1...11...11...13...3
9. Erysipelas1...12...21122...2617
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)...11............11123145
11. Carbuncle
12. Influenza...11...11.....................22
13. Dysentery.........1...11...1...11213
14. Diarrhœa5273141541951628836
15. Choleraic Diarrhœa.....................22............22
1G. Ague
17. Remittent Fever...11..............................11
18. Rheumatism..................1...1325426
19. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1. Syphilis4...441531432514418
2. Stricture of Urethra
3. Hydrophobia
4. Glanders
Order 3.—Dietic.
1. Privation
2. Want of Breast Milk.........1...1.........224325
3. Purpura and Scurvy...11...11.........1...1123
4. Alcoholism a Del. Tremens1...11...1.........1...13...3
b Intemperance.........112.........1...1213
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1. Thrush1...11...11...11...14...4
2. Worms, &c.
II.Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Gout4...42...2..................6...6
2. Dropsy.....................113...3314
3. Cancer147211061663910515402161
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
5. Mortification.........3...31...11...15...5
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula7...71...13...3.........11...11
2. Tabes Mesenterica4264...41...132512416
3. Phthisis4510553711483594444115516141202
4. Hydrocephalus12315138211051515520502171
III.Local Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1. Cephalitis.........2...21...1...11314
2. Apoplexy19201331611314.10616452166
3. Paralysis10212102129312639351045
4. Insanity
5. Chorea
6. Epilepsy3...3..................213516
7. Convulsions10212142164158...836541
8. Brain Disease, &c.5510336134639151429
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis..................112...11123
2. Aneurism...11...14.........123178
3. Heart Disease, &c.301343241640158231615318552137
Order 3.—Respiratrmy Organs.
1. Laryngitis53832512322411920
2. Bronchitis79211004811591732052237519658254
3. Pleurisy...11112213.........336
4. Pneumonia20183826103673102514397845123
5. Asthma2...22...2..................4...4
6. Lung Disease, &c.1141523521312315271138
Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis...11...11.....................22
2. Enteritis.........213.........3...3516
3. Peritonitis415224426.........10515
4. Ascites.........1...1..................1...1
5. Ulceration of Intestines213.........2...2.........415
6. Hernia1231232...2.........448
7. Ileus...........................112112
8. Intussusception...11...111...1.........123
9. Stricture of Intestines
10. Fistula
11. Stomach Disease, &c.1...12...22...2...22527
12. Pancreas Disease &c.
13. Hepatitis2...23...3.........2...27...7
14. Jaundice...............5..................5...5
15. Liver Disease, &c.2241344...4369101121
16. Splem Disease, &c..........1...1..................1...1
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis4...42...22...221310111
2. Ischuria...11..............................11
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)7310437213448171128
4, Diabetes...11123.........3...3437
5. Calculus (Stone)...........................1...11...1
6. Cystitus...22112..................134
7. Kidney Disease, &c.2461452...2...2251015
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
1. Ovarian Dropsy..................1122...2314
2. Uterus Disease, &c.123.........3144...48311
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease, &c....11..................1...1112
Order 8.—Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon112112...11.........235
2. Ulcer.....................111...1112
3. Skin Disease, &c.1...1.........1...1.........2...2
IV.Developmental Diseases.
Order 1.—Disease of Children.
1. Premature Birth731043761771824832
2. Cyanosis1122...2..................314
3. Spina Bifida1...1..................1...1202
4. Other Malformations...11.....................11...22
6. Teething6393...32133...314418
Order 2—Adults.
]. Paramenia...........................1...11...1
2. Childbirth (see Puerpl. Fever1...1.........3...3.........4...4
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age229311010201141511718543084
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility1721919221123151922167976
V.Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions2131123581127815
2. Wounds Gunshot Cut, Stab............11.....................11
3. Bums and Scalds112..........1...1112325
4. Poison.........1...11...11...13...3
5. Drowning1121...11...12...2516
6. Suffocation1...1...112...2112426
7. Otherwise.........1...1..................1...1
Order 3.—Homicide1...12...2.........31617
Order 4.—Suicide...11112.........1...1224
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Causes not specified or ill-defined2131...13142...28210