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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Medical Officer of Health.] 35
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Parish during the year numhered 2,307 in all, viz., 1,144 of
males and 1,163 of females, and were equivalent to an annual mortality of 17.66 per 1,000 persons
of all ages. This gross total was 120 in excess of the (uncorrected) average for the preceding ten
years (2,187), while the gross death-rate was 0.18 below the mean rate 17.84. (See Table I.,.
Appendix A.) Of the 2,307 deaths, 1,596 (748 of males and 848 of females) were registered in
St. Mary, and 711 (396 of males and 315 of females) in St. John. The deaths registered included
112 from diarrhoea, 53 from measles, 34 from whooping cough, 11 each from diphtheria and enteric
fever, 2 from simple continued fever, and 1 each from scarlet and typhus fevers. There were
TABLE 15. Deaths of Parishioners, 1900.
| Deaths recorded during | Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | Males. | Females. | Both Sexes. | ||
| 1st Quarter | 298 | 332 | 630 | 242 | 265 | 507 | 56 | 67 | 123 | |
| 2nd | 255 | 265 | 520 | 212 | 217 | 429 | 43 | 48 | 91 | |
| 3rd | 231 | 228 | 459 | 191 | 190 | 381 | 40 | 38 | 78 | |
| 4th | 212 | 240 | 452 | 167 | 191 | 358 | 45 | 49 | 94 | |
| Year | 996 | 1,065 | 2,061 | 812 | 863 | 1,675 | 184 | 202 | 386 | |
| Rates* 1900 | 18.40 | 13.92 15.78 | 19.23 | 15.68 | 17.22 | 15.84 | 9.40 | 11.57 | ||
| Mean rates, 1895-9 | 18.55 | 13.73 | 15.64 | 19.56 | 15.63 | 17.28 | 15.09 | 9.00 | 11.12 | |
| Death-rates* | 1899 | 18.23 | 14.36 | 15.96 | 19.24 | 16.78 | 17.85 | 14.71 | 8.7 | 10.57 |
| 1898 | 19.02 | 13.69 | 15.89 | 20.64 | 15.34 | 17.64 | 13.43 | 9.1 | 10.97 | |
| 1897 | 17.35 | 12.20 | 14.33 | 17.86 | 14.00 | 15.68 | 15.60 | 7.4 | 10.60 | |
| 1896 | 18.58 | 13.06 | 15.55 | 19.82 | 15.00 | 17.65 | 14.46 | 8.1 | 10.71 | |
| 1895 | 19.58 | 15.34 | 17.00 | 20.26 | 17.05 | 18.58 | 17.27 | 11.10 | 12.76 | |
* Rates per 1,000 individuals in each group.
also registered 152 deaths from cancer, 143 from phthisis, 91 from other tubercular diseases, 283
from bronchitis, 139 from pneumonia, 91 from influenza, and 19 from gastro-enteritis. Of the
deceased persons, 461 were under the age of one year, being 1 less than the decennial average, while
the infantile mortality (159 per 1,000 births registered) was 4 in excess of the average (155).
The deaths registered in the Parish included 401 of non-residents, chiefly in local public
institutions, while 155 deaths of residents were recorded in other parts of the Metropolis. Deducting
the former deaths and adding the latter, a nett total of 2,061 deaths of residents during the year
is obtained,* equivalent to a nett annual mortality rate of 15.78 per 1,000 persons of all ages,
compared with a mean decennial rate of 16.45—showing a reduction amounting to 0.67 per
1,000 persons, or 87 lives (see Table 16). In the five years 1890-4, the mean annual mortality
was 17.16 per 1,000, or 1.38 above the rate for last year, while in the five years 1895-9, the
mean annual rate was 15.64, or 0.14 below the rate for last year.†
* Throughout the remainder of the Report the deaths of such persons only will be taken account of.
† Much emphasis cannot be laid upon this apparent improvement, as the rates for the decennium are liable to
revision when the census returns are issued.