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Paddington 1886

[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 1886.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 1886.

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

Cause of DeathAGES.TOTAL.
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 & up- wardsTotal under 5 yrs.
Classes.
I. Zymotic Diseases131486723111110761151...246331
II. Constitutional Diseases2713913234342524738112149321
III. Local Diseases130672831234977118163: 18510721...225999
IV. Developmental Diseases12010......17414333101130194
V. Violent Deaths171345459552......2160
Not specified, or ill-defined5....................................55
Totals43013910771631141381872252421583426741,910
Class. I.Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1 Smallpox
2. Meases11262351........................6066
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)1271...........................1011
4. Diphtheria23119...12..................1628
5. Quinsy
6. Croup4263...........................1215
7. Whooping Cough278172...1.....................5255
8.Typhus Fever
Enteric or Typhoid F..........353121...............15
Simple continued F.......1..............................11
Erysipelas............1...11...41.........8
10 Puerperal Fever (Metria)............233.....................8
11. Carbuncle
12. Infiuonza
13. Dysentery
14. Diarrhœa7172...1......11441...8092
15. Choleraic Diarrhœa2....................................22
16. Ague
17. Remittent Fever
18. Rheumatism...............1...131............6
10. Other Zymotic Diseases
Order 2.—Enthetic.
1. Syphilis7.........1............1.........79
2. Stricture of Urethra
8. Hydrophobia
4. Ganders.....................1..................1
Order 3.—Dietic.
1. Privation
2. Want of Breast Milk3....................................33
3. Purpura and Scurvy.....................1..................1
4.Aleoholisma. Tremens...............1l.....................2
b. Intemperance...............12...11............5
Order 4.—Parasitic.
1. Thrush3....................................33
2. Worms, &c.
II.Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1.—Diathetic.
1. Gout..................1111............4
2. Dropsy............1.........1...............2
3. Cancer...............112242629921...104
4. Cancrum Oris (Noma)
5. Mortification...............1.........21.........4
Order 2.—Tubercular.
1. Scrofula21......1........................34
2. Tabes Mesenteries11112...........................1315
3. Phthisis5...44211129271961......9157
4. Hydrocephalus91147...........................2431
III.Local Diseases.
OrderI.—Nervous System.
1. Cephalitis............114...11l.........9
2. Apoplexy...............2971719102......66
3. Paralysis......1......25...111211......142
4. Insanity..................11...1............3
5. Chorea
6. Epilepsy.........1...1...11...............4
7. Convulsions3783..............................4848
8. Brain Disease, &c.62241345516......1039
Order2.—Organs of Circulation.
1. Pericarditis.........11121...1............7
2. Aneurism............1222..................7
3. Heart Disease, &c.......184715243440216...1160
Order 3.— Respiratory Organs.
1. Laryngitis14...3............1............59
2. Bronchitis43227...1552335543310...72238
3. Pleurisy.....................12...1.........4
1. Pneumonia22271157121014151510......601 48
5. Asthma.....................1..................1
6. Lung Disease, &c.5............2...4134......519
Order 1. — Digestive Organs.
1. Gastritis3...............1...11.........36
2. Enteritis211......1...222.........411
3. Peritonitis2......3211......21......212
4. Ascites.....................1...1............2
5. Ulceration of Intestines......1......1123............18
6. Hernia11...............223.........29
7. Ileus2......21......2...21......210
8. Intussusception21..................1............34
9. Stricture of Intestines........................11............2
10. Fistula
11. Stomach Disease, &c............................1............1
12. Pancreas Disease, &c.
13. Hepatitis...........................11.........2
14. Jaundice1.....................22.........15
15. Liver Disease, &c.............214116412......31
16. Spleen Disease, &c.
Order 5.—Urinary Organs.
1. Nephritis.........1...22...13............9
2. Ischuria1...............1.........1......13
3. Bright's Disease (Nephria).........1...3471172.........35
4. Diabetes..................21231.........9
5. Calculus (Stone)...............1......2...1.........4
6. Cystitis...........................31.........4
7. Kidney Disease, &c..........1...11121............7
Order 6.— Organs of Generation.
1. Ovarian Dropsy..................12..................3
2. Uterus Disease,&c.............1...12..................4
Order 7.—Organs of Locomotion.
1. Synovitis (Arthritis)
2. Joint Disease,&c....1111...111............27
Order 8.— Integumentary System.
1. Phlegmon1.....................3......1...15
2. Ulcer...........................1............1
3. Skin Disease, &c.1....................................11
IV.Developmental Diseases.
Order 1. — Diseases of Children.
1. Prematura Birth41....................................4141
2. Cyanosis31.................................41
3. Spina Bifida
4. Other Malformations
5. Teething136.................................1919
Order 2.—Adults.
1. Paramenia
2. Childbirth(see Puereral Fever)............162.....................9
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age........................3333101...50
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility633.........1211............6671
v.Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligene.
1. Fractures and Contusions1...32214413.........421
2. WoundsGunshot............1...........................1
Stab...
3. Burns and Scalds...1......1...............2......14
4. Poison........................11............2
5. Drowning.........2.........1..................3
6. Suffocation. 9..................1...............910
7. Otherwise1....................................11
Order 3. —Homicide.6....................................66
Order 4.—Suicide.............13l331............12
Causes not specified or ill-defined5....................................55