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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 III A.
Deaths Registered from all Causes during each Quarter of the Year 1887 in each Sub-district of the Parish.
Note.—The Deaths in Public Institutions of non-Residents are excluded.
| Cause of Death. | Sub-district. | Total 1st Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 2nd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 3rd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 4th Quarter. | Total Deaths. | TOTAL. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | ||||||||
| Classes. | |||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic Diseases | 50 | 13 | 63 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 88 | 15 | 103 | 45 | 11 | 56 | 218 | 49 | 267 | ||
| II. Constitutional Diseases | 59 | 22 | 81 | 67 | 19 | 86 | 79 | 20 | 99 | 57 | 17 | 74 | 262 | 78 | 340 | ||
| III. Local Diseases | 215 | 95 | 310 | 153 | 62 | 215 | 105 | 39 | 144 | 194 | 56 | 250 | 669 | 252 | 921 | ||
| IV. Developmental Diseases | 48 | 6 | 54 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 144 | 35 | 179 | ||
| V. Violent Deaths | 14 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 23 | 72 | ||
| Not specified or ill-defined | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 386 | 143 | 529 | 299 | 101 | 400 | 313 | 89 | 402 | 344 | 106 | 450 | 1,346 | 439 | 1,785 | ||
| Class I. | Zymotic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 2. Measles | 15 | ... | 15 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 33 | ||
| 3. Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) | 11 | ... | 11 | 4 | ... | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 4. Diphtheria | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 5. Quinsy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | |||
| 6. Croup | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7. Whooping Cough | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 8. | Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | ||
| Enteric or Typhoid F. | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | 3 | 8 | 2 | ... | ||
| Simple continued F. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | |||
| 9. Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ||
| 10. Puerperal Fever (Metria) | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
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