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Paddington 1898

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898

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TABLE 18.

Death-rates1 fromInfantile Mortality (0-1 year) per 1,000 births registered.
Birth-rate *All Causes.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever. + .Diarrhoea.Phthisis.
England & Wales189829.417.62.220.010.410.110.240.310180.96?161
1888.9730.418.42.090.010.420.180.230.400.160.621.47149
33 Great Towns189830.319.02.85o.oo0.560.140.310.420.201.22?178
1888.97?20.42.760.020.590.250.310.520.200.86?167
67 Large Towns 189829.417.22.410.050.410.100.280.270.211.09?173
Rest of England & Wales 1898?16.71.750.000.310.090.180.250.170.75?145
RegistrationLondonl89829.518.72.78o.oo0.680.130.390.480.130.971.76167
1888.9730.919.72.700.000.610.220.480.550.130.661.88155
PADDINGTON189823.216.12.41...0.730.060.480.350.130.651.38161
1888.9724.416.32.080.000.370.120.460.400.110.571.31148

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* All rates per 1,000 of population. + Includes Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued Fevers. 0.00 indicates
a rate of under 0.01 per 1,000. indicates no deaths recorded. ‡From Registrar.General's Annual Summary. § From
local registers.