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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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| Cause of Death. | AGES. | TOTAL. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Gout | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Rickets | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Cancer, Maliganant Disease | 1 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 100 | |||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 16 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 40 | |||||||
| Phthisis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 46 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 173 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Anæmia, Chlorosis, | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Premature Birth | ||||||||||||
| Atelectasis | 45 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 8 | ... | 8 | |||||||||
| Old Age | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 13 | 38 | 27 | 80 | ||||||||
| 1.—Diseases of Nervous System. | ||||||||||||
| Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | ||||||||||||
| Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Brain Paralysis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 93 | ||
| Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Convulsions | 31 | 3 | 34 | |||||||||
| Laryngismus Strudulus (Spasm of Glottis) | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||