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]
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TABLE I.
Births, Deaths, and Public Vaccinations of Inhabitants of Paddington.
Population
in 1861.
Births.
Deaths.
Vaccinations.
St. Mary's
39,009
First Quarter
281
169
Second Quarter
401
241
St. John's
36,798
First Quarter
224
122
Second Quarter
225
153
St. Mary's Hospital
—
First Quarter
—
23
Second Quarter
-
24
TABLE II.
Mortality per 10,000 of the Population during the Half-Year ending March
29, of Children under Five Years, from preventible causes, in houses
inhabited by the poor, and in the rest of the Parish respectively, as compared
with the standard quarterly mortality from the same causes in the
most healthy districts of England.
FIRST QUARTER.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Standard
Mortality of
Infants
in
Healthy Districts.
Mortality of Infants in Paddington.
I. II.
In houses In the rest
inhabited by the of
Poor. the Parish.
Small Pox
0.21
0.0
0.0
Measles
0.47
2 .2
0.18
Scarlatina
1.01
1.3
0.36
Diphtheria
—
0.4
0.9
Whooping Cough
0.57
5.78
0.7
Alvine Flux
0 .15
2.2
0.18
Respiratory Diseases
0.92
9.34
2.7
Nervous Diseases
0.73
2.6
0 . 54
All causes
11 . 59
35.5
8.51
SECOND QUARTER.
Small Pox
0.2l
0.0
0. 0
Measles
0.47
2.2
0.18
Scarlatina
1 .01
0.9
0.9
Diphtheria
—
0.4
0.53
Whooping Cough
0.57
4.89
2.13
Alvine Flux
0.15
1 . 78
0 . 18
Respiratory Diseases
0.92
14.67
4.27
Nervous Diseases
0.73
9.3
2.49
All causes
11.59
48.46
15. 13
TABLE III.
Summary of Inspector's Reports for the Half-Year ending March 29th.
Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary
condition
480
I.—Systematic Inspections. .
Houses inspected with reference to Vaccination
480
Works executed
102
Cases of neglect of Vaccination reported
18
Children vaccinated in consequence
30
Slaughter-Houses inspected
36
11. — Inspections consequent
on Complaints.
Houses or other Premises visited
1208
Works executed
60