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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE IV.
TABLE showing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases,
and proportions to Population, and to 1,000 Deaths, 1884.
Total
Deaths.
Deaths per
1,000 of
Population.
Proportion of
Deaths to
1,000 Deaths.
1. Seven Principal Zymotic
Diseases
208
1.9
115.4
2. Pulmonary Diseases
(other than Phthisis)
363
3.3
201.4
3. Tubercular Diseases
233
2.1
129.3
4. Wasting Diseases of
Infants
128
1.2
71.0
5. Convulsive Diseases of
Infants
61
0.6
33.9
NOTES.
I. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
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.