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Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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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. | |||||
| Principal Zymotic Diseases | Smallpox | 0 | 1 | 1 | _ | 0 | 0 | _ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Measles | 2 | 40 | 56 | 49 | -- | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 62 | 53 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 19 | |
| Whooping Cough | 36 | 51 | 38 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 59 | 41 | 50 | |
| Diphtheria* | 65 | 50 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 62 | 77 | 70 | |
| Fever | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 16 | |
| Diarrhœa | 96 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 107 | 68 | 71 | 69 | |
| Totals | 220 | 226 | 253 | 241 | 29 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 249 | 264 | 290 | 278 | |
| Puerperal Fever Diseases of Parturition | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | __ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Other Septic Diseases | 7 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 14 | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 19 | 19 | 52 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 30 | 25 | 71 | 48 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | |
| 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | ||
| Malignant Disease | 84 | 75 | 83 | 79 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 114 | 104 | 116 | 109 | |
| Phthisis Other Tubercular Diseases | 104 | 156 | 135 | 146 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 132 | 184 | 163 | 174 | |
| 62 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 76 | ||
| Apoplexy | 64 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 85 | 99 | 93 | 96 | |
| Bronchitis Pneumonia | 173 | 189 | 204 | 198 | 28 | 50 | 53 | 50 | 201 | 239 | 257 | 248 | |
| 78 | 145 | 112 | 128 | 18 | 41 | 32 | 36 | 96 | 186 | 144 | 164 | ||
| Suicides | 6 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 15 | |
0 indicates an average less than 1. — no deaths.
* Includes Diphtheria, Quinsy, Croup, Sore Throat, and Laryngitis.
† „ Typhus, Enteric (Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers.
‡ ,, Diarrhoea and Dysentery.
§ ,, Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus, Scrofula, and
other forms of Tuberculosis, except Phthisis.
The two deaths recorded in the Parish were 51
below the decennial average; 42 below that for
1886-91, and 60 below that for 1892-96. In North
Paddington (where both deaths occurred) the corresponding
averages were 49, 40, and 56, and the