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 16.
MALES. | FEMALES. | ||||||||||||
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Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | Paddington. | St. Mart. | St. John | ||||||||
Aver.* | 1898. | Aver. | 1898. | Aver. | 1898. | Aver. | 1898. | Aver. | 1898. | Aver. | 1898. | ||
Births Registered | 1,529 | 1,513 | 1,292 | 1,294 | 237 | 219 | 1,451 | 1,452 | 1,251 | 1,264 | 200 | 188 | |
Deaths. | Under 1 day | 22 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
1 day and under 1 week | 22 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |
1 week and under 1 month | 31 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | |
1 month and under 1 year | 172 | 213 | 152 | 188 | 20 | 25 | 143 | 126 | 129 | 110 | 14 | 16 | |
Totals under 1 year | 247 | 298 | 218 | 264 | 29 | 34 | 203 | 178 | 181 | 155 | 22 | 23 | |
Infantile Mortality under 1 year, per 1,000 births registered | 161 | 196 | 168 | 204 | 121 | 155 | 139 | 122 | 144 | 122 | 110 | 122 | |
1-2 years | 58 | 76 | 52 | 73 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 77 | 45 | 72 | 6 | 5 | |
2-3 „ | 26 | 31 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 4 | |
3-4 „ | 20 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |
4-5 „ | 14 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
Total 1-5 years | 118 | 147 | 103 | 136 | 15 | 11 | 114 | 141 | 101 | 129 | 13 | 12 | |
Grand Total under 5 years | 365 | 445 | 321 | 400 | 44 | 45 | 317 | 319 | 282 | 284 | 35 | 35 |