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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Note.—The Deaths of Non-Parishioners occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Parish are excluded, and the Deaths of Parishioners occurring in
Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Parish are included.
| 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'b. | St John's. | |||||||
| Classes. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 32 | 13 | 45 | 77 | 21 | 98 | 85 | 14 | 99 | 36 | 16 | 52 | 230 | 64 | 294 | |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| III. Dietic Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 68 | 27 | 95 | 72 | 27 | 99 | 65 | 22 | 87 | 68 | 16 | 84 | 273 | 92 | 365 | |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 28 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 109 | 28 | 137 | |
| VI. Local Diseases | 301 | 94 | 395 | 187 | 84 | 271 | 157 | 53 | 210 | 206 | 65 | 271 | 851 | 296 | 1.147 | |
| VII. Deaths from Violence | 8 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 48 | 19 | 67 | |
| VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 72 | 19 | 91 | |
| Totals | 447 | 154 | 601 | 397 | 152 | 549 | 370 | 107 | 477 | 376 | 107 | 483 | 1,590 | 520 | 2,110 | |
| 1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 1 | . . . | 1 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 15 | ... | 15 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 10 | ||