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Paddington 1894
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE V. Table showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Ten Years 1884 to 1893, and in the Year 1894.
| DISEASE. | 1884.* | 1885. | 1886. | 1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | Annual Averages, 1884—93. | Total Deaths in1894. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. | Corrected. | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3 | |
| Measles | 31 | 63 | 66 | 33 | 66 | 11 | 77 | 7 | 81 | 32 | 46.7 | 49.3 | 66 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 13 | |
| Diphtheria | 28 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 75 | 39 | 45 | 27 | 32 | 69 | 39.5 | 41.7 | 92 | |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 59 | 55 | 19 | 74 | 26 | 82 | 67 | 29 | 60 | 51.9 | 54.8 | 44 | |
| Fever. | Typhus | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.1 | 0.1 | ... |
| Enteric | 16 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 23 | |
| Simple Continued | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 0.6 | 0.6 | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 64 | 65 | 92 | 63 | 38 | 63 | 62 | 76 | 82 | 81 | 68.6 | 72.4 | 45 | |
| Totals. | Paddington | 208 | 252 | 268 | 187 | 283 | 163 | 283 | 201 | 248 | 293 | 238.6 | 251.9 | 286 |
| London | 13,629 | 11,261 | 11,121 ' | 12,684 | 10,803 | 9,709 | 12,279 | 9,675 | 11,983 | 13,223 | 11,636.7 | 12,148.7 | 11,544 | |
| England & Wales | 71,762 | 57,726 | 62,859 | 64,676 50,684 61,027 | 59,698 | 53,221 | 58,824 | 84,433 | 62,491. 0 | 66,240.4 | 52,765 | |||
* Deaths of Parishioners in outlying Institutions not included in the figureB for this year.