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Paddington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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77
deaths in local institutions.

TABLEV.

Deaths in Local Institutions.

Year.Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary.St. Mary's Hospital.Children's Hospital.Lock Hospital.
1897192262632
1898194324*802
1899255280692
1900255386*634
1901238317925
1902298359762
1903317342822
1904327360921
1905324387914
1906314356*98*7
Averages1897-1906271337813
1907347332883

* Closed part of year for repairs and alterations.

TABLE VI.

Causes of Deaths in Institutions.

1907.

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...........................
Measles1.........1......1...
Scarlet Fever...1......11............
Influenza.........1......1......
Whooping-cough3...1..................
Diphtheria172...12............
Enteric Fever13......1............
Diarrhœa32..................1
Epidemic Enteritis17...... 6..................
Erysipelas22.........1...1...
Puerperal Fever11.........1.........
Other Septic Diseases...71...1.........1
Tuberculosis of Lungs431056...13... 852
Other forms of Tuberculosis1415221...93......
Cancer3134i15...19532
Premature Birth3...11...2...1...
Developmental Diseases24111...1.........
Old Age42......4...1121
Bronchitis4231...132...
Pneumonia2827151...36...4
Cirrhosis of Liver59.........1.........
Accidents of Childbirth21.........1......1
Accidents and Violence9363......41...3
Suicides...5.........1...11
All other Causes971652013...383179
All Causes34733288442796592325
Non-Residents*132396533

* The deaths of 22 other non-residents took place either in the streets or houses in the Borough.
Total deaths of non-residents—372.