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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 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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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.* | |
| 1897 | 1,810 | 14.33 | 1,455 | 15.68 | 355 | 10.60 | 17.4 | 18.2 |
| 1887 | 1,785 | 15.59 | 1,346 | 17.35 | 439 | 11.90 | 19.1 | 20.3 |
| 1888 | 1,916 | 16.55 | 1,472 | 18.64 | 444 | 12.06 | 18.1 | 19.3 |
| 1889 | 1.664 | 14.21 | 1,266 | 15.76 | 398 | 10.83 | 18.2 | 18.4 |
| 1890 | 2,104 | 17.71 | 1,602 | 19.51 | 502 | 13.69 | 19.5 | 21.4 |
| 1891 | 2,110 | 17.90 | 1.590 | 18.89 | 520 | 15.43 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| 1892 | 2.142 | 17.96 | 1,632 | 18.95 | 510 | 15.38 | 19.0 | 20.7 |
| 1893 | 2,153 | 17.86 | 1,680 | 19.14 | 473 | 14.43 | 19.2 | 21.3 |
| 1894 | 1,831 | 15.06 | 1,449 | 16.29 | 382 | 11.73 | 16.6 | 17.8 |
| 1895 | 2,099 | 17.09 | 1,671 | 18.44 | 428 | 13.30 | 18.7 | 19.9 |
| 1896 | 1,942 | 15.34 | 1,583 | 17.09 | 359 | 10.57 | 17.1 | 18.6 |
| Averages 1887-96. | 1,974 | 16.52 | 1,529 | 18.00 | 445 | 12.93 | 18.5 | 19.9 |
South Paddington (10.60), 2.33 below its mean
(12.93). The figures contained in Table 11 show
differences of 3.1 and 3.9 (in favour of the Parish)
between last year's rates for Paddington and England
and Wales, and London respectively. The mean rate
for the Parish (16.5) was 2.0 per 1,000 below the
mean for England and Wales (18.5), and 3.4 below
that for London (19.9).
All the rates mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs
take no account of the differences in the constitutions
of the various populations as regards sex
and age. Factors to adjust such differences have
been calculated and applied to the rates of the dis-