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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE III A.
Note.—The Deaths of Non.Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in
Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
| Causes 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. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 74 | 13 | 87 | 75 | 8 | 83 | 69 | 11 | 80 | 73 | 8 | 81 | 291 | 40 | 331 | |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| III. Dietic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 67 | 28 | 95 | 58 | 13 | 71 | 82 | 28 | 110 | 69 | 21 | 90 | 276 | 90 | 366 | |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 29 | 8 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 79 | 32 | 111 | |
| VI. Local Diseases | 243 | 82 | 325 | 159 | 51 | 210 | 140 | 47 | 187 | 173 | 47 | 220 | 715 | 227 | 942 | |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 28 | 72 | |
| VIII. Deaths from Ill.defined and Not Specified Causes | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 19 | ... | 19 | 58 | 23 | 81 | |
| Totals | 436 | 151 | 587 | 343 | 93 | 436 | 335 | 108 | 443 | 360 | 90 | 450 | 1,472 | 444 | 1,916 | |
| I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES, | ||||||||||||||||
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Measles | 3 | ... | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 63 | 3 | 66 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 10 | 74 | ||