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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE [V.
TABLE showing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases,
and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1883.
Total
Deaths.
Deaths per
1,000 of
Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1,000 Deaths.
1.
Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
223
2.0
126.6
2.
Pulmonary Diseases
(other than Phthisis)
383
3.5
217.4
3.
Tubercular Diseases
192
1.8
109.0
4.
Wasting Diseases of
Infants
117
1.1
664
5.
Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
49
0.4
27.8
NOTES.
1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Pickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.