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Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TO THE CHAIRMAN & MEMBERS OF THE SANITARY
COMMITTEE OF THE VESTRY OF PADDINGTON.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Fourth Annual
Report dealing with the Vital Statistics of the Parish for the
year 1897.
The year's record would have been without special feature
but for the reductions observed in the death-rates from all causes,
measles, and enteric fever. In 1889 only did the death-rate (14.21
per 1,000) fall below the rate for last year (14.33). The local
records extend back to 1866, and the mean death-rates from all
causes have been as follows :—
In periods of five years :
1866-1870 19.86 1876-1880 17.00 1886-1890 16.20
1871-1875 19.18 1881-1885 16.24 1891-1895 17.28
In periods of ten years :
1866-1875 19.52 1876-1885 16.67 1886-1895 16.74
In 1896 the death-rate was 15.3, and in 1897 14.3. The
maximum rate (20.5) was recorded in 1867 and 1870.