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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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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.
Class IV.Developmental Diseases. (Continued.)
Order 2.—Adults.
1. Paramenia.............................................
2. Childbirth (see Puerperal Fever)6...62...2.........3...311...11
Order 3.—Old People.
1. Old Age113149110741112719391554
Order 4.—Nutrition.
1. Atrophy and Debility11...11101111231552738644
V.Violent Deaths.
Order 1.—Accident or Negligence.
1. Fractures and Contusions459527134347131427
2. WoundsGunshot........ •..................2...22...2
Cut, Stab..............................11...11
3. Burns and Scalds213123112...11459
4. Poison...........................1...11...1
5. Drowning..................2...2.........2...2
6. Suffocation4...42...2...112...2819
7. Otherwise.............................................
Order 3.—Homicide2...21...1.........1...14...4
Order 4.—Suicide2136...65162...215217
Causes not specified or ill-defined.........1...12...2123426

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NOTES.
1. 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.