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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 1895
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895
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in the two last years, is instituted in the appended
table:—
Death-rate per 1,000 estimated persons in each age-group.
| Age-Groups. | PADDINGTON. | LONDON. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895. | 1894. | 1895. | 1894. | |
| 0-1 | 175.0 | 153.4 | 195.4 | 166.7 |
| 1-5 | 22.0 | 27.4 | 31.5 | 31.1 |
| 5-60 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 |
| 60 and over | 74.4 | 51.1 | 76.7 | 61.8 |
The figures here are not strictly comparable,
owing to differences in the proportions of males
to females, but, as the numbers of deaths of each
sex-age-group for London are not available, the
rates given are the best obtainable.
From the foregoing Tables it will be seen that the
increase in the mortality fell specially on the males at
the extremes of life. The local death-rates for the four
quarters of last year were equivalent to annual rates
of 24.34, 13.95, 15.78, and 14.50 for the first and
succeeding quarters, and there can be no doubt that
the very severe winter was in part responsible for
the increase.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
In the Tables given above, the death-rates at
ages of one year, have been calculated on the numbers
estimated to be living at those ages. It is
more customary to calculate them on the number of
births registered during the year. The mortality on