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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: TABLE III A.Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter of the year 18S3 in each Sub-district of the Parish . Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

TABLE III A.

Deaths Registered from all causes during each quarter of the year 18S3 in each Sub-district of the Parish . Note .—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-residents are excluded.

Cause of Death.Sub-districtTotal 1st Quarter.Sub-districtTotal 2nd Quarter.Sub-districtTotal 3rd Quarter.Sub-district.Total 4th 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.Bt. Mary's.St. John's.
CLasses.
I. Zymotic Diseases38215943236675159065107522169290
II. Constitutional Diseases57227967228952257768218924490334
III. Local Diseases17375248160812411123614818262244627254881
IV. Developmental Diseases391655356416012722863416210202
V. Violent Deaths99188715426347242246
Not specified or ill-defined2...2314123.........639
Totals318143461316140453304923963461034491,2844781,762
Class.Zymotic Diseases.
I.Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox
2. Measles40466126281211328937
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)21322151161531834539
4. Diphtheria6612751243751221537
5. Quinsy............113...3.........314
6. Croup1122353142...28513
7. Whooping Cough5510131145...51611739746
Typhus Fever...11..............................11
8. Enteric or Typhoid F.2242242...23149514
Simple contiued F............................1...11...1
9. Erysipelas3...3.........1122...2617
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)3...3...11............11325
11. Carbuncle
12. Influenza
13. Dvsentery1...1...........................1...1
14. Diarrhoea.61742626"53131439948
15. Choleraic Diarrhœa............112...2.........213
16 Ague
17. Remittent Fever
18. Rheumatism112..................3...3415
19. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Enthctic.
1. Syphilis3255...54...41...113215
2. Stricture of Urethra
3. Hydrophobia
4. Gianders
Order 3.—Dietic.
1. Privation
2. Want of Breast Milk...11.........I12.........123
3. Purpura and Scurvy............11.....................11
4. Alcoholism a Del. tremens.....................11............11
b Intemperance.........2...21...11...14...4
Order4.—Parasitic.
1. Thrush1...1.........2...2112415
2. Worms, &c.
II.Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Gout1...11...11...1123426
2. Dropsy2...2123...114...47310
3. Cancer1372016521771415520512475
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
5. Mortification1...13141...1.........516
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula.........2...25...5.........7...7
2. Tabes Mesenterica7297295...53...322426
3. Phthisis271037281139241438321'24411147158
4. Hydrocephalus639911093121321537946
III.Local Diseases. Order 1.—Nervous System.
1.Cephalitis...33112123213_4711
2. Apoplexy1041465117...79413321345
3. Paralysis10212831152772930939
4. Insanity...........................1...11...1
5. Chorea
6. Epilepsy2132...21...1.........516
7. Convulsions34712...124...454924832
8. Brain Disease, &c.1122...24...4921116319
Order 2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis...111...12...21...1415
2. Aneurism
3. Heart Disease, &c.3484225934237303584311732149
Order 3.—Respiratory Organs.
1. Laryngitis4...4325.........72914418
2. Bronchitis6311744214561972643105316742209
3. Pleurisy314.........123112549
4. Pneumonia1692528204811415289378342125
5. Asthma1...1111...1.........3...3
6.Lung Disease, &c.7181343252...213619
Order 4.—Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis1l2...114...4...11538
2. Enteritis2...26175...52...215116
3. Peritonitis3252131122"468816
4. Ascites.........1...I.........2...23...3
5. Ulceration of Intestines112............11...22145
6. Hernia...33...11............11...55
7. Ileus1122...21...1...11426
8. Intussusception.........1...1..................1...1
9. Stricture of Intestines...........................1...11...1
10. Fistula.........i...1..................1...1
11. Stomach Disease, &c..........123..................123
12. Pancreas Disease, &c.
13. Hepatitis.........2242...2112538
14. Jaundice2...21...1..................3...3
15. Liver Disease, &c.3473710448527151732
16. Spleen Disease, &c....11.....................11...22
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis...111123...31...1527
2. Ischuria112...........................112
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria)235437516235131023
4. Diabetes123011...11112257
5. Calculus (Stone)...........................1...11...1
6. Cystitis1...1...11..................112
7. Kidney Disease, &c.1451...132561711718
Order 6.—Organs of Generation.
1. Ovarian Dropsy
2. Uterus Disease, &c....331232...22135611
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease, &c..........112.........2...2314
Order 8.—Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon...22..................2...2224
2. Ulcer
3. Skin Disease, &c............................2...22...2
IV.Developmental Diseases. Order 1.—Diseases of Children.
1. Premature Birth951412...12152178...844751
2. Cyanosis1...11...13...34...49...9
3. Spina Bifida99
4. Other Malformations213............11.........224
5. Teething4154...45...511214216
Order 2.—Adults.
1. Paramenia
2. Childbirth (see Puerpl. Fever2...21231121...1538
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age94136...6104148412331245
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility125171141526430617551469
V.Violent Deaths. Order 1.—Acoident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions16735822423581624
2. Wounds Gunshot
Cut, Stab
3. Burns and Scalds
4. Poison...11...11.....................22
5. Drowning2...21...1..................3...3
6. Suflocation2...22131...1.........516
7. Otherwise............................11...11
Order 3. —Homicide2131...1..................314
Order 4.—Suicide2131...11...11...1516
Causes not specified or ill-detined2...2314123.........639