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Paddington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 14.
REPORT
* on THE
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
CHRISTMAS, 187O,
BY WM HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Printed by Order of the Vestry.
Vestry Hall: January 1871.
TABLE
Summary of Weekly Return of Births and Deaths from October 1st, to December 31st, 1870.
| Week ending | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |
The deaths in this Parish during the last quarter are not
excessive ; being 439, or less than the three preceding quarters
of the year, which are respectively 572; 458; 467; and 21 less
than the corresponding quarter of 1869. There must therefore
be a general improvement of public health; although the
epidemic of Scarlet Fever still lingers.
The Births are as usual in excess of Deaths.
There are 82 deaths from the Zymotic or spreading forms of
disease, half of which were from Scarlet Fever. This epidemic
of Scarlet Fever has now been prevalent throughout London for
more than 18 months. It has destroyed in this Parish the
following number of lives, principally of young children, in
each quarter—ending June 1869, 26; September, 1869, 34;
December 1869, 44 ; March 1870, 31 ; June, 1870, 30; September
1870, 43 ; December 1870, 42 ; total 250.