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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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BIRTHS.
During the year (fifty-two weeks) 2,965 births
were registered in the Parish, viz., 1,513 of boys and
1,452 of girls, equivalent to a rate of 23.22 per 1,000
inhabitants. That rate was 0.98 below the mean
rate of the preceding six years (24.20), and 1.18
below the decennial mean rate (24.40). (See Tables
2 aud 3). Last year's rate was the lowest recorded in
TABLE2. Births registered and Birth-Rates.
| Births registered 1898. | Padditigton. | St. Mary. | St. Juhn. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | |
| 111 | |||||||||
| 4th „ | |||||||||
the eleven years, 1888-98. Kates below 24.0 per
1,000 have been recorded three times during that
period, viz., in 1894 (23.32), 1897 (23.84), and 1898
B 2