Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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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. | ||||||
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Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. | Children's Hospital, Paddington Green. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||
Birth-rates. | Corrected Death-rates. | Per 1,000 Births Registered. | Per 1,000 Deaths at all ages. | |||||||
1898 | 23.22 | 16.19 | 160 | 234 | 376 | 194 | 824 | 2 | 80 | 174 |
1897 | 23.8 | 14.3 | 148 | 263 | 396 | 192 | 2621 | 2 | 63 | 163 |
1896 | 24.2 | 15.3 | 155 | 245 | 398 | 188 | 334 | 2 | 48 | 160 |
1895 | 24.3 | 17.1 | 164 | 233 | 330 | 204 | 332 | 1 | 172 | 156 |
1894 | 23.3 | 15.0 | 135 | 210 | 351 | 165 | 347 | 3 | † | 193 |
1893 | 25.2 | 17.9 | 148 | 209 | 321 | 204 | 899 | 3 | † | 172 |
1892 | 24.6 | 18.0 | 148 | 203 | 319 | 236 | 355 | 7 | 12 | 120 |
1891 | 25.1 | 17.9 | 148 | 207 | 298 | 257 | 371 | 5 | 62 | 105 |
1890 | 24.4 | 17.7 | 157 | 216 | 347 | 172 | 358 | 3 | 57 | 100 |
1889 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 138 | 238 | 333 | 172 | 344 | 2 | 70 | 70 |
1888 | 24.6 | 16.6 | 133 | 193 | 343 | 207 | 334 | 5 | 64 | 78 |
Averages for 1888-1897. | 24.40 | 16.40 | 147 | 221 | 343 | 199 | 343 | 3 | 53 (7 years) |
* Hospital closed for some weeks for repairs, &c. ** Hospital recommenced work in 3rd quarter of the year.
† Closed during re-construction.
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