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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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60
whole, no fewer than 139 (out of 155) were residents
in North Paddington, and only 16 of South.
This will be better appreciated in the form of rates
per 1,000 children born in each district, the rate for
North Paddington being 53.7, that for South 37.7.

Table: TABLE 23. Deaths recorded at ages under One Year from Diarrhoeal Affections. 1892-97, third quarter of each year.

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-
1892.Diarrhoea...1...2461192432...4250
Enteritis1......14...1...1...1.........9
Atrophy21...1332222...12......21
1893.Diarrhoea......26864423221444
Enteritis.............................................
Atrophy...223...6132111...1...23
1894.Diarrhoea...1......3333356141134
Enteritis.............................................
Atrophy.........232311...111......16
1895.Diarrhoea...1......8348755413251
Enteritis...32...54221l311......25
Atrophy...1...161...21..................12
1896.Diarrhoea...12...51124425312345
Enteritis11......224...4...31......119
Atrophy2232331321...............22
1897.Diarrhoea......41610616928833278
Enteritis......1...1373331............22
Atrophy1...11221...21............11

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* Not taken out.
The ages at which summer diarrhoea is moat
fatal are shown by the figures in Table 23, which