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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. 41
excesses were the same as in the whole Parish, while in St. John the number of deaths (4) was equal
to the decennial average, and the mortality (0.12) 0.01 below the mean rate (0.13). Averages for a
disease which recurs in epidemics at almost equal intervals of time are liable to be vitiated by the
accident of the commencement of the period averaged coinciding with an epidemic or non-epidemic
year. This explains to a considerable extent the differences which will be noticed in the quinquennial
averages and mean rates given in Tables 20 and 20a.
Measles is so markedly a disease of young children that the mortality at all ages forms but an
indifferent basis of comparison for different districts, having regard to the varying proportions of
children in their populations.
TABLE 19a. Death-rates per 1,000 estimated living at each age. Females.
| Age Groups. | 1895. | 1896, | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | Means 1895-99. | 1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADDINGTON. | 0-1 | 168.05 | 144.41 | 157.08 | 129.54 | 135.77 | 146.97 | 155.20 |
| 1-5 | 23.49 | 29.63 | 15.46 | 29.49 | 17.34 | 23.08 | 18.96 | |
| 5-15 | 3.31 | 4.05 | 3.41 | 2.82 | 2.42 | 3.20 | 3.19 | |
| 15-25 | 2.47 | 2.21 | 1.62 | 2.26 | 1.65 | 2.04 | 2.21 | |
| 25-65 | 9.99 | 8.80 | 7.73 | 8.68 | 10.06 | 9.05 | 9.78 | |
| 65 and over | 90.43 | 58.63 | 69.25 | 79.85 | 95.77 | 78.78 | 76.67 | |
| All ages | 15.34 | 13.06 | 12.20 | 13.69 | 14.36 | 13.73 | 13.92 | |
| 0-5 | 55.77 | 55.33 | 47.07 | 51.89 | 43.78 | 50.57 | 49.39 | |
| 5-65 | 8.51 | 6.28 | 6.97 | 6.02 | 6.58 | 6.87 | 6.69 | |
| 5 and over | 13.23 | 9.29 | 9.09 | 10.27 | 11.72 | 10.72 | 10.72 | |
| ST. MARY. | 0-1 | 173.91 | 151.84 | 168.97 | 132.13 | 147.77 | 154.92 | 162.81 |
| 1-5 | 25.92 | 31.25 | 17.12 | 32.46 | 19.07 | 25.16 | 21.22 | |
| 5-15 | 3.53 | 3.57 | 3.10 | 3.17 | 2.56 | 3.18 | 3.62 | |
| 15-25 | 2.97 | 2.63 | 2.08 | 2.68 | 1.84 | 2.44 | 2.33 | |
| 25-65 | 11.03 | 10.67 | 8.64 | 9.49 | 11.84 | 10.33 | 10.96 | |
| 65 and over | 89.43 | 57.61 | 72.93 | 81.46 | 104.72 | 81.23 | 78.00 | |
| All ages | 17.05 | 1500 | 14.00 | 15.34 | 16.78 | 15.63 | 15.68 | |
| 0-5 | 59.62 | 58.74 | 51.71 | 55.18 | 48.40 | 54.73 | 53.49 | |
| 5-65 | 7.58 | 7.30 | 5.94 | 6.57 | 7.56 | 6.99 | 7.40 | |
| 5 and over | 12.50 | 10.33 | 9.97 | 11.08 | 13.39 | 11.45 | 11.64 | |
| ST. JOHN. | 0-1 | 134*02 | 102.56 | 8910 | 114.42 | 64.67 | 100.95 | 109.45 |
| 1-5 | 11.58 | 21.95 | 7.42 | 14.85 | 8.67 | 12.89 | 7.44 | |
| 5-15 | 2.41 | 5.94 | 4.64 | 1.39 | 1.86 | 3.25 | 1.39 | |
| 15-25 | 1.48 | 1.04 | 0.71 | 1.42 | 1.24 | 1.18 | 1.96 | |
| 25-65 | 7.73 | 4 88 | 5.81 | 6.92 | 6.16 | 6.30 | 7.11 | |
| 65 and over | 93.13 | 61.31 | 59.37 | 75.47 | 70.88 | 72.03 | 72.91 | |
| All ages | 11.10 | 8.41 | 7.84 | 9.61 | 8.27 | 9.04 | 9.40 | |
| 0-5 | 36.04 | 38.05 | 23.76 | 34.68 | 19.84 | 30.47 | 37.73 | |
| 5-65 | 5.34 | 3.99 | 4.21 | 4.72 | 4.27 | 4.50 | 4.99 | |
| 5 and over | 9.87 | 6.95 | 7.06 | 8.38 | 7.71 | 7.99 | 8.01 | |