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Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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TABLE 18 A.
Causes of Death
at all Ages
(persons).
PADDINGTON.
St. MARY.
St. JOHN.
1899.
Mean-Rates.
1899.
Mean-Rates.
1899.
Mean-Rates.
1889-93
1894-98.
1889-98.
1889-93.
1894-98.
1889-98.
1889-93.
1894-98.
1889-98.
Smallpox
0.01
0.01
0.01
...
0.01
0.01
0.01
...
0.01
• • •
0.00
Measles
0.03
0.34
0.44
0.39
0.04
0.43
0.55
0.49
...
0.11
0.15
0.13
Scarlet Fever
0.06
0.12
0.13
0.12
0.06
0.14
014
0.14
0.03
0.08
0.09
0.09
Whooping Cough
0.33
0.44
0.32
0.38
0.44
0.52
0.39
0.56
0.03
0.23
0.11
0.17
Diphtheria
0.22
0.40
0.54
0.47
0.30
0.43
0.66
0.54
0.33
0 22
0.27
"Fever"
0.08
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.09
0.10
0.12
0.11
0.03
0.16
0.13
0.15
Diarrhoea
0.85
0.56
0.64
0.60
1.07
0.69
0.77
0.73
0.23
0.24
0.29
0.26
Total
1.57
1.99
2.20
2.09
2.00
2.32
2.64
2.48
0.32
1.16
0.99
1.07
Puerperal Fever
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.00
0'04
0.04
0.04
...
0.03
0.01
0.02
Diseases of Parturition
0.02
0.06
0.08
0.07
0.02
0.08
0.08
0.08
...
0.07
0.07
0.05
Other Septic Discuses
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.11
0.13
0.12
0.00
0.11
015
0.14
0.07
0.11
Epidemic Influenza*
0.70
0.59
0.36
0.47
0.68
0.57
0.43
0.48
0.78
0.64
0.41
0.51
Alcoholism
0.07
0.06
0.09
0.07
0.10
0.06
0.09
0.07
,,,
0.05
0.10
0.08
Cirrhosis of Liver
0.21
0.16
0.14
0.15
0.20
0.13
0.13
0.13
023
0.22
0.15
0.18
Malignant Dis. (Cancer)
1.18
0.85
0.91
0 88
1.18
0.82
0.90
0.86
1.19
0.95
0.93
0.94
Phthisis
1.10
1.37
1.21
1.29
1.23
1.60
1.35
0.48
0.72
0.77
0.82
0.80
Other Tubercular Dis.
eases
0.42
0.64
0.58
0.61
0.50
0.71
0.69
0.70
021
0.45
0.28
0.36
Apoplexy
0.69
079
0.68
0.73
0.69
0.78
0.70
0.74
0.72
0.79
0.63
0.71
Bronchitis
2.14
2.20
1.76
2.00
2.51
2.40
1.98
2.19
1.11
1.90
1.16
1.53
Pneumonia
0.94
1.49
1.86
1.18
0.99
1.56
0.96
1.26
0.78
1.29
0.58
0.93
Suicides
0.08
0.11
0.09
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.10
0.03
0.11
0.09
0.10
* Separately tabulated since 1890. Means are for 4 years, 5 years, and 9 years.