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Paddington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Deaths in 1925.—The number of deaths that were registered during the year as having taken
place in the Borough was 2,011.
Of these, 570 were of persons whose residence was not in Paddington, 486 dying in Paddington
Institutions and 84 in other places in the Borough.
There were also reported to the Registrar-General 339 deaths of Paddington persons whose
deaths occurred outside the Borough.
This correction gives the nett number of deaths for Paddington as 1,780, making an annual deathrate
of 12.10
1925. Selected Causes of Death Arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
| Period ended. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhœa & Enteritis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31st (4 weeks 3 days) | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 17 | — |
| February 28th | — | — | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 1 |
| March 28th | - | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 |
| April 25th | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | — |
| May 23rd | - | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| June 20th | -_ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | — |
| July 18th | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| August 15 th | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| September 12th. | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| October 10th | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| November 7th | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| December 5th | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 3 |
| „ 31st (26 days) | 10 | — | - | - | 5 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 1 |
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 89 | 230 | 161 | 132 | 24 |