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
326
192
St. John's
36,798
219
118
St. Mary's Hospital
—
—
19
TABLE II.
Mortality per 10,000 of the Population during the Quarter ending June
28, 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.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Standard
Mortality of
Infants
in
Healthy Districts.
Mortality of Infants in Paddington.
I.
In houses
inhabited by the
Poor.
II.
In the rest
of
the Parish.
Small Pox
O .91
0.0
0. 0
Measles
0.4 7
o.o
0.52
Scarlatina
1 . 01
0.44
0. 86
Diphtheria
-
0.89
0.17
Whooping Cough
0 .57
2 . 65
1.56
Alvine Flux
0 . 15
0 .44
0.52
Respiratory Diseases
0.92
9.7
1.91
Nervous Diseases
0.73
6.6
1.39
All causes
11 . 59
34.3
9.91
TABLE III.
Summary ot Inspector's Reports for the Quarter ending June 28th.
I.—Systematic Inspections. .
, Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary
condition
266
Houses inspected with reference to Vaccination
266
Works executed
142
Cases of neglect of Vaccination reported
20
Children vaccinated in consequence
20
II. — Inspections consequent
on Complaints.
Slaughter-Houses inspected
—
Houses or other Premises visited
—
Works executed
44