London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
This page requires JavaScript
69
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
TABLE VI.
Causes of Deaths in Institutions, 1901.
| ( Causes of Death. | Local Institutions. | Deaths of Residents recorded beyond the Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Other Institutions. | Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Brd. | Special and General Hospitals. | Lunatic Asylums. | Poor Law Institutions. | Elsewhere. | |
| Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet, Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 5 | .. | '23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Epidemic Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 35 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 8 | 2 | .. |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 7 | 17 | 19 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cancer | 23 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| Developmental Diseases | 3 | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Old Age | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Bronehitis | 25 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Accidents of Childbirth | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Accidents | 7 | 44 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Suicides | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| All Other Causes | 98 | 157 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 9 |
| All Causes | 238 | 317 | 92 | 11 | 41 | 81 | 42 | 37 | 17 |
| Non-residents | 9 | 225 | 57 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
TABLE VII. Return of Deaths in Local Public Institutions.
| Year. - | Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital, Paddington Green. | Lock Hospital. |
| 1901 | 238 | 317 | 92 | 5 |
| 1900 | 255 | 386 | 63 | 4 |
| 1899 | 255 | 280* | 69 | 2 |
| 1898 | 194 | 324 | 80 | 2 |
| 1897 | 192 | 262* | 63 | 2 |
| 1896 | 188 | 334 | 48 | 1 |
| 1895 | 204 | 332 | 171 | 3 |
| 1894 | 165 | 347 | † | 3 |
| 1893 | 204 | 39 | † | 7 |
| 1892 | 236 | 355 | 12 | 5 |
| 1891 | 257 | 371 | 62 | |
| Averages for 1891-1900 | 215 | 339 | 52 (8 years) | 3 |
* Hospital closed some weeks for repairs, &c. ** Hospital recommenced work in 3rd quarter of the year.
Closed during re-construction.