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Paddington 1897

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897

Published
1898
Author
Dudfield, Reginald.
Pages
120
Tables
66

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66 tables in this report

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    Death-Rates per 1,000 of the Population.
    18891897
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    TABLE 1. Sex-Age-Constitution of Populations estimated to middle of 1897.
    Age Groups.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.London.
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    TABLE 2. Births registered.
    Births registered 1897.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.
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    TABLE 3. Births and Birth-rates, 1887-97.
    Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Birth-rates.
    Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.England and Wales.London.
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    TABLE 4. Illegitimate Births and Birth-rates.
    Year.Estimated Population.Births Registered.Birth-rates per 1,000 of Population.Illegitimate Births per 100 Legitimate.
    Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
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    TABLE 5. Vaccination Returns 1881-1896.
    Year.Births.Successfully vaccinated.Insusceptible of vaccination.Had Small-pox.Died unvaccinated.Vaccination postponed.Remaining (not traced, &c., &c.)*Children not accounted for (including postponed cases) % of births.
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    TABLE 6.
    England & Wales.Metropolis.Paddington.
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    TABLE 7. Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London. (Corrected for duplicates.)
    Notifications Received.Sickness Rates. †
    Paddington.London.Paddington.London.
    1897.Difference from Average.*1897.Difference from Average.*1897.1896.1897.1896.
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    TABLE 8, Comparison of Notification Rates, 1894-97. Per 1,000 estimated living in each Sex-Age-Group.
    District.Age-group.Year.MALES.FEMALES.
    Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.All Diseases.Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.All Diseases.
    Scarlet.Enteric & Continued.Scarlet.???nteric & Continued.Puerperal.
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    Smallpox.
    Paddington.London.
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    Cholera.
    Paddington.London.
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    Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.*
    Paddington.London.
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    In North Paddington there were some excess of the disease in the following streets :—
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    Scarlet Fever.
    Paddington.London.
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    Enteric and Continued Fevers.*
    Paddington.London.
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    Puerperal Fever.
    Paddington.London.
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    TABLE 9. Notifications of Infectious Disease in Districts coterminous with Paddington.
    DistrictPop., 1897.1897.Smallpox.Cholera.Diphtheria.Membr. Croup.Erysipelas.Fever.
    Scarlet.TyphusEnteric.Relap???in gContinued.Puerperal.Total.
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    TABLE 10. Deaths of Parishioners.
    Deaths recorded 1897.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.Males.Females.Both Sexes.
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    TABLE 11. Deaths and Death-rates, 1887-1897.
    Years.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.Death-rates.
    Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.Regd.Rates.England and Wales.London.*
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    TABLE 12. Comparison of "Corrected" Death-rates, 1897.
    Standard Death.rate.Sex-age Factor.Rates for 1897.Middle of 1897.Infantile Mortality* per 1,000 births.
    Record.Corrected.Population.Acres per Person
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    TABLE 13. Death-rates per 1,000 estimated living in each group. Males.
    Age Groups.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.Mean Rates 1892.96.1897.
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    TABLE 13A. Death-rates per 1,000 estimated living in each group. Females.
    Age Groups.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.Mean Rates 1892-96.1897.
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    TABLE 14. Males. Deaths at ages under 5 years.
    St. Mary.St. John.Paddington.
    1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
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    TABLE 14 a. Deaths at ages under 5 years. Females.
    St. Mart.St. John.Paddington.
    1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
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    TABLE 15. Death-rates from Groups of Diseases per 1,000 individuals.
    1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.Mean. 1892 to 1896.1897.
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    TABLE 16.
    Birth-rate 1Death-rates* fromInfantile Mortality (0-1 year) per 1,000 births registered.
    All Causes.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever. †Diarrhoea.Phthisis.
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    Measles.
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    TABLE 17. Average annual number of Deaths compared with record for 1897. (Averages corrected for changes in population, and adjusted to nearest whole numbers.)
    ST. MARY'S.ST. JOHN'S.PADDINGTON.
    1897.Averages.1897.Averages.1897.Averages.
    1887 to 1891.1892 to 1896.1887 to 1896.1887 to 1891.1892 to 1896.1887 to 1896.1887 to 1891.1892 to 1896.1887 to 1896.
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    TABLE 18. Calculated from Figures of Table 17.
    Death Rates per 1,000 of Populations.
    St. Mary.St. John.Paddington.
    1897.Mean 1887-96.1897.Mean 1887-96.1897.Menu 1887-96.
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    Whooping Cough.
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    Fever.*
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    Diarrhoea.
    No of Cases Fatality )Not known.
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    Scarlet Fever.
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    Diphtheria.
    No. of Cases18973221896242
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    TABLE 19. Death-rates from Diphtheria. Rates per 1,000 individuals in each Sex-age-group.
    Age.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Pea'lis at ages above 15 years, not included in above:—
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    Puerperal Fever.
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    TABLE20. Deaths of Infants under One Year. (Averages adjusted to nearest whole numbers.)
    Uncorrected Averages.Corrected Ave) ages, 1887-96.11897.
    1887-91.1892-961887-96.
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    The records for each of the ten years are here set out:—
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    TABLE 21.
    1897. Week endingGreenwich Observations.Deaths registered in the Parish (not corrected).
    Mean Temp, of Air.Diff. from Average for 50 years.Mean Temp, of Earth at 3 ft.Diarrhoea All Ages.Enteritis. Under 1 yr.Atrophy Under 1 yr.
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    TABLE22.
    Third Quarters of
    1894.1895.1896.1897.
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    TABLE 23. Deaths recorded at ages under One Year from Diarrhoeal Affections. 1892-97, third quarter of each year.
    Under 7 dys.Weeks.Months.Totals under 1 year.
    1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-
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    TABLE 24.—Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
    1897.Paddington.
    0-11-55 & over.
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    Causes of Death.
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    Occupations of Mothers.
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    TABLE 25. Inquests on Parishioners, 1897.
    . Finding of Jury.Paddington.St. Mary.St. John
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    The accidental deaths were attributed to the following causes:—
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    Local Institutions.
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    Outlying Institutions.—Continued.
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    TABLE 26. Comparison of Analyses of Thames Water and the Water Supplied to Paddington. (From the Registrar-General's Annual Summary.)
    1897.Thames (unfiltered water.)From Mains of
    West Middlesex Co.Grand Junction Co.
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    The purification (quâ micro-organic life) effected by the two Companies supplying the Parish last year was as follows:—
    1897.West Middlesex.Grand Junction.
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    FOR YEAR 1897.
    Sample Adulterated.Extent of Adulteration.Fine ImposedCosts Impost d.
    £.s.d.£.s.d.
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    TABLE I.
    Year.Estimated Populations at Middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths of Parishioners
    St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John.St. Mary.St. John..
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    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-rates.Corrected Death-rates.Per 1,000 Births Registered.Per 1,000 Deaths at all ages.Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary.St. Mary's Hospital.Lock Hospital.Children's Hospital, Paddington Green.Outlying Institutions.
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    TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1897, 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 registered.Deaths per 1,000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
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    TABLE III males. whole parish. Deaths Registered from all Causes (luring the Year 1897. 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.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35-46-55-65-75-85-
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    table III whole parish. females. Deaths Registered from all Causes during the Year 1897. Note.—The Deaths of Non-Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths ofResidents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the District are included.
    AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
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    Males. Table III. (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55- 65-75-85-
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    Table III. (continued). Females.
    Cause of Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5- 15-25-35-45- 55- 65-75-85-
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    Males. Table III. (continued).
    Cause of Death.ages.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
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    Table III. (continued). Females.
    Cause of Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
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    Males. Table III. (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-|35-45-55-65-75-85-
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    Table III. (continued). Females.
    Cause or Death.ages.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25-35- 45- 55-65-75-85-
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    Males. Table III. (continued).
    Cause of Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-26-35-45-56- 65-75-85-
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    Table III. (continued). Females.
    Cause or Death.AGES.All Ages.
    0-1-5-15-25- 35-45-55-65-75-85-
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    TABLE V. Table showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Ten Years 1887 to 1896, and in the Year 1897.
    DISEASE.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896 (53wks.)Annual Averages, * 1887—96.Total Deaths in 1897.Death-rates, 1897.
    Uncorrected.Corrected.