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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 1887

[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 1887.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 1887.

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

Cause of Death.AGES.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 & upwards.Total under 5 yrs.
Classes.
I. Zymotio Diseases96384431201294381...1178267
II. Constitutional Diseases401226: 17274538444128201178340
III. Local Diseases111383126414974103146167111231180921
IV Developmental Diseases1019! l126411122120111179
V. Violent Deaths944468710956......1772
Not specified, or ill-defined......2.........21...1......6
Totals35710110681961201321642012201604435641,785
Class.Zymotic Diseases.
I.Order 1.—Miasmatic.
1. Smallpox.............................................
2. Measles7129"4...1.....................2833
3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)23141042.....................1935
4. Diphtheria...214911.....................1627
5. Quinsy............1............1............2
6. Croup16441........................1116
7. Whooping Cough982..............................1919
8.Typhus Fever.............................................
Enteric or Typhoid F.2.........211...1............210
Simple continued F..............................................
9. Erysipelas1...............1......1.........13
10. Puerperal Fever (Metria)............442.....................10
11. Carbuncle1.................................12
12. Influenza.............................................
13. Dysentery1....................................11