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Paddington 1895

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895

Published
1896
Author
Dudfield, Reginald.
Pages
175
Tables
56

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56 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    TABLE 1. Age-constitution of populations at middle of 1895, Paddington and Sub-Districts, and London.
    Age Groups.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.London.
  • Page 9
    TABLE 2.
    Whole Parish.St. Mary.St. John.
  • Page 11
    TABLE 3.
    No. of OccupiedInhabitants.Persons perPercentage of Population under 10 Years.
    Houses.Rooms.Under 10.Over 10.Persons.House.Room.
  • Page 12
    TABLE 4.
    1 Room.2 Rooms.3 Rooms4 Rooms.Total tenements of 4 rooms or less.Tenements of 5 rooms or more.
    No. of tenements.No. of inhabitants.% of inhabitants overcrowded.No. of tenements.No. of inhabitants.% of inhabitants overcrowded.No of tenements.No. of inhabitants.% of inhabitants overcrowded.No. of tenements.No. of inhabitants.% of inhabitants overcrowded.No. of tenements.No. of inhabitants.% of inhabitants overcrowded.No. of tenements.No. of inhabitants.
  • Page 13
    TABLE 5. Births registered in 1895.
    Births registered duringPaddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 14
    TABLE 6. Births and Birth-rates for period 1885-1895.
    Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Birth-rates.
    Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.England and Wales.London.
  • Page 15
    TABLE 7.—Illegitimate Births.
    Year.Births Registered.Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population.Illegitimate Births to Legitimate. Legitimate= 100.
    Population.Births.Illegitimate.
  • Page 17
    TABLE 8. Vaccination returns for years 1881-1894.
    Year.Births.Successfully vaccinated.Insusceptible of vaccinatiou.Had Small-pox.Died unvaccinated.Vaccination postponed.Remaining (not traced, &c., &c.)*Children not finally accou't'd for (including postpo'ed cases) % of births.
  • Page 19
    TABLE 9. Cases of sickness notified and Sickness-rates for 1895. Corrected for duplicate notifications only.
    Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    QuartersQuartersQuarters
    1234Yr1234Yr1234Yr
  • Page 21
    TABLE 10.—Comparative Table of Notifications, corrected for duplicates.
    1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.Aver.1895.
  • Page 22
    TABLE 11.
    Age-groups.MALES.FEMALES.Totals for both Sexes.Sickness-rates per 1,000.
    Smallpox.Diphtheria.Membr. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.Totals.Smallpox.Cholera.Diphtheria.Membr. Cioup.Erysipelas.Fevers.Totals.
    Scarlet.Enteric.Relapsing.Scarlet.Enteric.Puerperal.
    1895.1894.
  • Page 23
    TABLE 11 A. Sickness-rates (based on notifications) calculated on estimated numbers living in each Age-Group. Corrected for duplicates only.
    Age-groups.MALES.FEMALES.
    Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.Totals.Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.Totals.
    Scarlet.Enteric & Continued.Scarlet.Enteric & ContinuedPuerperal,
  • Page 26
    TABLE 12.—Overcrowding Statistics, and Incidence of Disease and Mortalities.
    St. Mary.St. John.Comparative figures for St. Mary. St. John=100.
  • Page 27
    TABLE 13.
    Housing of Population.Sickness-rate per 1,000.
    Persons per house.Persons per room.Percentage of population under 10 years of age.Percentage of inhabitants of tenements of 4 rooms or less overcrowded.
  • Page 30
    TABLE 14.
    Inhabitants.All diseases.Diphtheria.Scarlet Fever.
    Cases.Rates.Cases.Rates.Cases.Rates.
  • Page 36
    TABLE 15.
    All diseases.Diphtheria and Memb. Croup.Scarlet Fever.
    Cases.Removals.Rates per cent.Cases.Removals.Rates per cent.Cases.Removals.Rates per cent.
  • Page 50
    TABLE 16.—Deaths of Parishioners in 1895. " Corrected."
    Deaths of Residents inPaddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    DuringMales.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 51
    TABLE 17.—Deaths and Death-rates for 1885-95.
    Year.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Death-rates.
    Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.England and Wales.London.*
  • Page 54
    TABLE 18. Males.
    Age Groups.Estimated living in 1895.Deaths during 1895.Death-rates per 1,000 for 1895.Deaths per quarterDeath- rate per 1,000 1894.
    1234
  • Page 55
    TABLE 18 A. Females.
    Age Groups.Estimated living in 1895.Deaths during 1895.Death-rate per 1,000 for 1895.Deaths per Quarter.Death-rates per 1,000 for 1894.
    1234
  • Page 56
    Death-rate per 1,000 estimated persons in each age-group.
    Age-Groups.PADDINGTON.LONDON.
    1895.1894.1895.1894.
  • Page 58
    TABLE 19. Males. Deaths at ages under 5 years.
    1895.Paddington.St. Mart.St. John.Padding ton.
    Quarters.Year.Quarters.Year.Quarters.Year.
    18931894
    123412341234
  • Page 59
    TABLE 19A. Deaths at ages under 5 years. Females.
    1895.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.paddinoton.
    Quarters.Year.Quarters.Year.Quarters.Year.
    18931894
    123412341234
  • Page 60
    TABLE 20.
    Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    M.F.P.M.F.P.M.F.P.
  • Page 62
    TABLE 21.
    Birth-rate per 1,000 living.Death-rates from—, per 1,000 living.Death-rates of infants under one year, per 1,000 births.
    All Causes.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued and undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Phthisis.
  • Page 63
    TABLE 22.
    ST. MARY'S.ST. JOHN'S.
    Quarters.The Year.Quarters.The Year.
    12341234
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 65
    TABLE 23. Death-rates from Diphtheria, 1894 and 1895.
    Age-Group.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 67
    TABLE 24.
    At ages under one year.St. Mary.St. John.
    12341234
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F
  • Page 85
    TABLE 25. Death-rates from Bronchitis and Pneumonia per 1,000 living in each Sex-Age-group.
    Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Paddington (both sexes).
    Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 87
    TABLE 26. Inquests on Parishioners, 1895.
    Quarter1.2.3.4.Paddington
    Finding of Jury.St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.Year.
  • Page 90
    TABLE 27. Deaths under 1 Year of Age—Whole Parish.
    1895.Average per Year 1885-94.Average increased for increase in births.
  • Page 95
    TEMPERATURE OF AIR (Degrees Fahrenheit).
    Mean 1895.temperature. Departure from Average.1Mean of 1895.Maxima. Departure from Average.Mean of 1895.Minima. Departure from Average.Mean of 1895.Daily Range. Departure from Average.
  • Page 102
    The causes of death among illegitimate children are set out below:—
    Under 1.1—5.
    M.F.M.F.
  • Page 104
    TABLE 28.
    1895.Deaths at Ages.Death-rates pel 1,000Principal Zymotic Diseases.Other Causes of Death.Percentage of deaths in Institutions.
    Total Deaths.Under 1.1—10.10—60.60 and over.InstitutionsTotal.Under 10.Over 10.1 Measles.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea.Death rates.Erysipelas.Influenza.Syphilis.Tubercular Dis.Respiratory Dis.Deathsby Violence.All other causes.
  • Page 106
    TABLE 29.
    1895.Reading of Barometer (Corrected) inches.Temperature F?.Daily Range of Temperature F°.Sunshine (Hours.)Humidity of Air (Saturation = 100.)Rainfall inchei.Grass Thermometer—No. of Nighti it wasRelative proportionHourly Velocity of Wind.
    Mean.Diff. from Average 54 years.Mean.Diff. f rom Average 54 years.Mean.biff, from Average 54 years.Recorded.Diff. from Average 10 years.Mean.Diff. from Average 64 years.Amount.Diff. from Average 80 years.At or below 30° F.Between 30° & 40°.Above 40°.N.E.S.w.M ean.Diff. from Average 10 years.
  • Page 107
    TABLE 30.
    Mean daily Variation.
  • Page 110
    TABLE 31. Comparative Analyses of Water Supply to Paddington. (Compiled from Registrar-General's Annual Summary.)
    1895.Thames (unfiltered water.)From Mains of
    West Middlesex Co.Grand Junction Co.
  • Page 114 115
    TABLE 33. Volume of Thames and numbers of Microbes in unfiltered Thames water, and in the supplies of the West Middlesex and Grand Junction Water Companies. "V »
    1895.Volume of Thames at Teddington Weir Million gallons per dayJanuary* 4th—2,086, 21st—5,436.February 4th—2,445.March 11th—2487.April 19th—826.May 16th—661.6June 1st—442.7July 1st—279.6.August 12th—348.8.September 23rd—210.4October 16th—350.9.November 18th—2,144.December 9th—1,121.8.Mean Microbes
    ToBToBToBToBToBToBToBToBToBToBToBToBper CC.
  • Page 138
    table i. Appendix A.
    Year.Estimated Populations at Middle of each Year.No. of Houses in the whole-Parish.*Births Registered.Deaths of Parishioners.
    St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.
  • Page 139
    table ii.
    Year.Per 1,000 of Estimated Population.Deaths of Infants under 1 year.Deaths of Children aged under 5 years per 1,000 Deaths at all ages.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Birth-ratesCorrected Death-rates.Per 1,000 Births Registered.Per 1,000 Deaths at alt ages.Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary.St. Mary's Hospital.Lock Hospital.Children's Hospital, Paddington Green.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 140
    Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 141
    Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
    AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & up- wardstotai£55 to 60
  • Page 142
    Table III.—Whole Parish. —Males (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Totals.65 to 60
  • Page 143
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Females (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 &up-wards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 144
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Males (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 55SI 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 145
    Table III.—Wholf. Parish.—Females (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3c35 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 85& upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 146
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Males (continued).
    Cases of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to •2525 to 3535 to 1545 | to 5555 to 6565 to 7576 to 8585 Jfe upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 147
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Females (continued).
    Cause of Death.Ages.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 Si. upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 148
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Males (continued).
  • Page 149
    Table III.—Whole Parish.—Females (continued).
    Cause of Death.ages.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8586 & upwards.Totals.55 to 60
  • Page 150
    TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1895, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (all ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
  • Page 151
    TABLE V. Table showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Ten Years 1885 to 1894, and in the Year 1895.
    DISEASE.1885.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1891.Annual Averages, 1885—94.Total Deaths in 1895.
  • Page 152
    TABLE VI. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1895.
    No. of Complaints received.Inspections of Dwelling Houses.Houses Let in Lodgings.Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses.To Regulate Keeping of Animals.Trade Supervision.Foods.Canal Boats.
    Drainage, &c.Water Supply.Dust Receptacles.Miscellaneous.
    " House-to-House."On Complaint or after Illness.Cellar Dwellings.Re-inspections of all kinds.Houses placed on Register.Registered Houses Inspected.Entire Reconstruction.Drains trapped and (or) ventilated.Waste-pipes disconnected.Rain-water-pipes disconnected.W.C. New provided, repaired, Ac.Soil-pipes ventilated.Services Separated.Supplies Reinstated.Cisterns New provided.Cisterns cleansed, repaired, &c.Cisterns overflow disconnected.New provided.Repaired, &c.Houses cleansed.Cases of overcrowding abated.Cellar-dwellings closed.Yards and Areas Paved and Drained.Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c.Accumulations Removed.Improperly kept Removed.Slaughterhouses.Cowhouses.Bakehouses.Offensive Trades.Seizure of Unsound Food.Samples taken for Analysis.Registered.Inspected.
  • Page 153
    Meteorological observations at Greenwich. From Weekly Reports of the Registrar-General.
    Quarters.Year 1895.Year 1894.
    1234Totals.Means.Totals.Means.
  • Page 154
    Extract from Return of Registered Common Lodging Houses within the Jurisdiction of the London County Council.
    Registered No.Name and Residence of Keeper.Situation of Common Lodging House.Authorized No. of Lodgers.Particulars of Inspection as to Fitness.
    Date when Registered.Name.No. of House.Street or Place.Parish.No. of House.Street or Place.Sanitary District.Approved or not.Date of Approval.
  • Page 174
    TABULATED LIST OF ARTICLES ANALYSED During the Year ended 31st March, 1896.
    Articles analyzed.Total numberNumber adulterated.