Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEATHS.
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TABLE 14. Death-rates, 1904. All and selected causes.
All Causes | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | "Fever' | Diarrhœal Dis. | Phthisis. | Infantile Mortality. | ||
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Paddington | 1904 ... | 13.72 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.89 | 1.19 | 135 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
London | 1904 ... | 16.03 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 1.02 | 1.61 | 143 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
Kensington | 1904 ... | 14.27 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 1.43 | 150 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
Westminster . | 1904 ... | 13.78 | ... | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 1.54 | 124 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
Marylebone* | 1904 ... | 16.18 | ... | 0.38 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.82 | 1.67 | 94 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
Hampstead | 1904 ... | 10.19 | ... | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.83 | 112 |
Mean... | |||||||||||
Willesden | 1904 ... | 11.15 | ... | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 113 |
Mean... |
* The Infantile Mortality, after correction for non-resident births in Queen Charlotte's Lying-in-Hospital, is 140 for
1904, and 134 for the mean.
TABLE 15. Death-rates, 1904. All and selected causes.
All Causes | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whoop ing Cough | “Fever” | Diarrhœal Dis. | Infantile Mortality. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England and Wales | 1904 | 16.2 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 146 |
1894-03 | 17.1 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.16 | 0.74 | 149 | |
76 Great Towns | 1904 | 17.2 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 1.20 | 160 |
1903 | 16.3 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.71 | 144 | |
100 Smaller Towns | 1904 | 15.6 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.89 | 154 |
1903 | 14.6 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 135 | |
Rest of England and Wales | 1904 | 15.3 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 125 |
1903 | 14.8 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.3l | 118 | |
London | 1904 | 16.03 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 1.02 | 143 |
1894-03 | 18.13 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.78 | 154 | |
Paddington | 1904 | 13.71 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.96 | 136 |
1894-03 | 15.41 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 1.00 | 145 |