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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 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE III.males. whole parish.Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1899.Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring beyond the limits of the District are included.

TABLE III.

males. whole parish.

Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1899.

Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring beyond the limits of the District are included.

Groups of Diseases.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
Classes.
I. Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases712776712715954170
II. Parasitic Diseases1.....................1......2
III. Dietic Diseases3......1...31............8
IV. Constitutional Diseases1011713172833282791184
V. Developmental Diseases431..................512364
VI. Local Diseases863711172140466576545458
VII. Deaths from Violence1147135121041...58
VIII. Deaths from Ill-defined and Not Specified Causes291........................131
Totals2548132384888991181228114975
I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE, OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Measles13...........................4
Scarlet Fever...13........................4
Epidemic Influenza11...22961273447
Whooping Cough86...........................14
Diphtheria...74........................11
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.........2221............7
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera............2......1.........3
Diarrhœa, Dysentery578.........1...1...1...68
3.—Malarial Diseases.
4.—Zoögenous Diseases.
5.—Venereal Diseases. Syphilis3.........1..................4