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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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ultimately to be removed by diseases of late adult life
and old age, among which "cancer" takes a
prominent place.
Prior to 1892 the records do not distinguish the sexes, and the figures for the seven years subsequent thereto are as follow:—
| St. Mary. | St. John. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1892 | 18 | 47 | 13 | 24 |
| 1893 | 17 | 68 | 16 | 21 |
| 1894 | 25 | 64 | 7 | 24 |
| 1895 | 28 | 45 | 8 | 22 |
| 1896 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 21 |
| 1897 | 21 | 63 | 12 | 18 |
| 1898 | 26 | 56 | 5 | 28 |
| Prior to 1892 the records do not distinguish the sexes, and the figures for the seven years subsequent thereto are as follow:— | ||||
| St. Mary. | St. John. | |||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1892 | 18 | 47 | 13 | 24 |
| 1893 | 17 | 68 | 16 | 21 |
| 1894 | 25 | 64 | 7 | 24 |
| 1895 | 28 | 45 | 8 | 22 |
| 1896 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 21 |
| 1897 | 21 | 63 | 12 | 18 |
| 1898 | 26 | 56 | 5 | 28 |
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR
OF AGE.
In Table 24, the deaths of these children have
been classified under the principal causes, and set out
in comparison with the annual averages for the
preceding decennium and the two quinquennia
included therein. The "corrected averages" have
been obtained by the use of the factor gjjj (1*008
based on the annual average number of births registered
in the decennium (2,940) and in 1898 (2,965).