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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths in local institutions. TABLE III. Deaths in Local Institutions.
| Year. | Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary s Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | 165 | 347 | -† | 3 | ||
| 1895 | 204 | 332 | 17** | 1 | ||
| 1896 | 188 | 334 | 48 | 2 | ||
| 1897 | 192 | 262* | 63 | 2 | ||
| 1898 | 194 | 324 | 80 | 2 | ||
| 1899 | 255 | 280* | 69 | 2 | ||
| 1900 | 255 | 386 | 63 | 4 | ||
| 1901 | 238 | 317 | 92 | 5 | ||
| 1902 | 298 | 359 | 76 | 2 | ||
| 1903 | 317 | 342 | 82 | 2 | ||
| Averages 1894-1903 | 231 | 328 | 74 | Eight years. | 2 | |
| 1904 | 327 | 360 | 92 | 1 | ||
* Closed part of year for repairs and alterations.
** Hospital open for part of year only.
† Hospital being re-built.
TABLE IIIa. Causes of Deaths in Institutions. 1904.
| Causes of Death. | Local Institutions. | Deaths of Residents recorded beyond the Borough. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Lock Hospital, and Nursing Homes. | Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board. | Special and General Hospitals. | Lunatic Asylums. | Poor Law Institutions. | Elsewhere. | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Influenza | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping-cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Epidemic Enteritis | 16 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | ... | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 55 | 13 | l | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 13 | 16 | 20 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Cancer | 29 | 46 | 2 | 5 | ... | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Developmental Diseases | 1 | 7 | 23 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Old Age | 37 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 16 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Accidents of Childbirth | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Accidents and Violence | 7 | 53 | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 4 |
| Suicides | 1 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| All other Causes | 116 | 170 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 8 |
| All Causes | 327 | 360 | 92 | 22 | 27 | 74 | 46 | 7 | 19 |
| Non-Residents* | 13 | 277 | 61 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... |
| * The deaths of 22 other non-residents took place either in the streets or houses in the Borough. | |||||||||