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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 1898
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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Among females, increased mortalities, compared
with the quinquennial means, were recorded at ages
"1—5" and "65 and over" in Paddington and St.
Mary, and at ages "under one year" and "65 and
over "in St. John. At all other ages the rates for
last year were lower than, or equal to, the corresponding
means.
The waste of young lives in the northern division of the Parish will be seen at once by a perusal of the subjoined figures:—
| Per 1,000 living. | 0—1. | 1—5. | Total under 5 years. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females | Males. | Females. | |
| North | 233.42 | 132.13 | 34.98 | 32.46 | 79.71 | 55.18 |
| South | 178.94. | 114.42 | 14.23 | 14.85 | 46.72 | 34.68 |
| Excess of North1 over South | 54.48 | 17.71 | 20.75 | 17.61 | 32.99 | 20.50 |
An examination of the figures in Table 16 shows
that there was a much heavier mortality among male
infants, in comparison with the means for the preceding
five years, than among female. As regards
the latter, it was only in St. John that the mortality
exceeded the mean. This Table shows that the greater
part of the increased mortality fell on infants aged
from one to twelve months. Speaking generally,
higher rates of infantile mortality prevailed throughout
the Metropolis (see Table 14), the exceptions being
the rates for St. George, Hanover Square, where
the mortality has steadily diminished during the