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Paddington 1894
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE 17. England and Wales. Zymotic Deaths and Death-rates in 1894. (From Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns.)
| Deaths Registered. | Death-rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Year. | 1894. | Variations from mean of 1884-93. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Small-Pox | 308 | 268 | 164 | 78 | 818 | 0.02 | — 0.01 |
| Measles | 2,228 | 4,109 | 2,092 | 3,087 | 11,516 | 0.38 | — 0.07 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,417 | 1,291 | 1,023 | 1,204 | 4,935 | 0.16 | — 0.08 |
| Diphtheria | 2,462 | 1,826 | 1,845 | 2,311 | 8,444 | 0.28 | 0.09 |
| Whooping Cough | 4,100 | 3,323 | 2,371 | 1,933 | 11,727 | 0.39 | — 0.04 |
| "Fever" | 1,271 | 950 | 1,142 | 1,550 | 4,913 | 0.16 | — 0.04 |
| Diarrhœa | 1,234 | 1,124 | 5,891 | 2,163 | 10,412 | 0.34 | — 0.33 |
| Totals | 13,020 | 12,891 | 14,528 | 12,326 | 62,765 | 1.76 | — 0.46 |
| Zymotio Death-rate | 1.76 | 1.72 | 1.92 | 1.63 | 1.76 | .. | .. |
| Variation from mean of ten years 1884-93 | — 0.07 | — 0.09 | — 1.04 | — 0.40 | — 0.46 | •• | •• |
| Note. + indicates excess above decennial mean. — indicates defect from „ „ | |||||||
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths in the whole Parish from these
causes amounted to 340, equal to 2.79 per 1,000
persons. These deaths constituted 18.5 per cent.
of the corrected total number of deaths. In St.
Mary's District the zymotic deaths numbered 299
(or 20-6 per cent, of the whole) and the rate was