Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Parish are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Hospitals and Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Parish are included.
Cause of Death. | AGES. | TOTALS. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 & upwards. | |||
Classes. | |||||||||||||
I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases | 98 | 123 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 365 | |
II. Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
III. Dietic Diseases | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
IV. Constitutional Diseases | 34 | 31 | 14 | 28 | 53 | 51 | 56 | 53 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 378 | |
V. Developmental Diseases | 58 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 | 38 | 27 | 138 | |
VI. Local Diseases | 149 | 90 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 66 | 139 | 160 | 197 | 152 | 22 | 1,089 | |
VII. Deaths frqm Violence | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | 74 | |
VIII. Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes | 77 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 94 | |||
Totals | 435 | 248 | 76 | 79 | 116 | 149 | 220 | 243 | 284 | 234 | 58 | 2,142 | |
1.—Miasmatic Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Smallpox | Vaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Unvaccinated | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
No Statement | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 17 | 59 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81 | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | 13 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | |
Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 20 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 |