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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 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE III.Deaths Registered at several Groups of Ages from Different Causes during the year 1880.Note . —The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.

TABLE III.

Deaths Registered at several Groups of Ages from Different Causes during the year 1880.

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

Cause of DeathAGES.TOTALS.
0 to 11 to 22 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 to 9595 upwardsTotal under 5 yrs.
Classes.
I.Zymotic Diseases111505832126145656......219304
II.Constitutional Diseases5425222127454154342711......101361
III.Local Diseases103622125214342811061407419...186737
IV.Developmental Diseases12992......3413820142140195
V.Violent Deaths20...164476451......2158
Not specified or ill defined3...1...211121.........412
Totals42014610584661011091481551861123326711,667
Class. Zymotic Diseases.
I.Order1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox
2. Measles1112153...........................3841
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)17131711.....................2140
4. Diphtheria......861........................815
5. Quinsy
6. Croup1272...........................1012
7. Whooping Cough1919101...........................4849
8.Typhus Fever
Typhoid F.......11614..................113
Simple Continued F.........1............1...1.........3
9. Erysipelas7............131...13......716
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)............3...3.....................6
11. Carbuncle
12. Influenza
13. Dysentery...1.................................11
14. Diarrhœa5282...............221......6267
15. Choleraic Diarrhœa1........................1.........12
16. Ague
17. Remittent Fever
18. Rheumatism......11121...111......19
19. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1. Syphilis8....................................88
2. Stricture of Urethra........................1...............1
3. Hydrophobia
4. Glanders
Order 3.—Dietic,
1. Privation..................1.....................1
2. Want of Breast Milk3....................................33
3. Purpura and Scurvy311...............1...............6
4. Alcoholisma Del. Tremens..................22..................4
b Intemperance.....................2..................2
Order 4.—Parotitic.
1. Thrush5....................................55
2. Worms, &c.
IIConstitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Gout........................122.........5
2. Dropsy.........11.........112.........6
3. Cancer............1371724196.........77
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
6. Mortification........................1...1.........2
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula1212...........................46
2. Tabes Mesenterica1982..............................2929
3. Phthisis53182342343775.........9165
4. Hydrocephalus291218102........................5971
IIILocal Diseases.
Order 1.—Nervous System.
1. Cephalitis......11...2.........1.........15
2. Apoplexy...............124896.........30
3. Paralysis......1......11271591...137
4. Insanity
5. Chorea
6. Epilepsy...............13111............7
7. Convulsions235.................................2828
8. Brain Disease, &c.4...13121...3...42...521
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis
2. Aneurism..................111...............3
S. Heart Disease, &c..........3688202636125......124
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
1. Laryngitis3222...2.........1.........712
2. Bronchitis422962...27172738287...77205
3. Pleurisy...............11......1............3
4. Pneumonia16237555576...21...4682
5. Asthma..................2......3............5
6. Lung Disease,&c.42...1...3...2251......620
Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis1......1.........1...1.........14
2. Enteritis6...111............2...1...712
3. Peritonitis...1...2...11......1.........16
4. Ascites
6. Ulceration of Intestines...............1...............1......2
6. Hernia.....................1...1...1......3
7. Ileus......11...1...112.........17
8. Intussusception...............2.........1............3
9. Stricture of Intestines...........................31.........4
10. Fistula
11. Stomach Disease, &c................11211............6
12. Panoreas Disease, &c.
13. Hepatitis.....................221.........5
14. Jaundice2...1......1...221.........39
16. Liver Disease, &c..........12216662.........26
16. Spleen Disease, &c................1........................1
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis..................2......2............4
2. Ischuria
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)............1215713.........20
4. Diabetes............11...242............10
5. Calculus (stone)
C. Cystitis..................11...12.........5
7. Kidney Disease, &c...................121...3.........7
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
1. Ovarian Dropsy.....................11...............2
2. Uterus Disease, &c.............1...32..................6
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease, &c..........231.........1............7
Order8.—Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon...............1.........2............3
2. Ulcer.....................1..................1
3. Skin Disease, &c.2...................................."22
IV.Developmental Diseases.
Order 1.—Diseases of Children....
1. Premature Birth39....................................3939
2. Cyanosis3....................................33
3. Spina Bifida2....................................22
4. Other Malformations3....................................33
5. Teething11"i.................................1818
Order 2.—Adults.
1. Paramenia
2. Childbirth (see Puerpl. Fever)...............33.....................6
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age........................3819132...45
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility7122.........11......11...7579
V.Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions.........22...44231.........18
2. WoundsGunshot..................1.....................1
Cut, Stab...............1........................1
3. Burns and Scalds......1..............................11
4. Poison...............1......1...............2
5. Drowning.........2..............................2
6. Suffocation12......2......11...............1216
7. Otherwise2....................................22
Order 3.—Homicide6...............1.....................67
Order 4.—Suicide............211112............8
Causes not specified or ill-defined3...1...211121.........412