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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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During the last three months the water supplied to the inhabitants of this Parish by the two Water Companies, has been subjected to analysis. The following are the results:—
| Names of the Water Companies. | Solid Matter in One Pint of Water- | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inorganic matter (in grains). | Organic matter (in grains). | ||
| Date. Jan. 5. | Grand Junction | 2.838 | 0.308 |
| - | West Middlesex | 2.793 | 0.338 |
| April 7. | Grand Junction | 2.980 | 0.262 |
| - | West Middlesex | 2.917 | 0.185 |
TABLE II.
Mortality per 10,000 of the Population, of Children under Five Years.
FIRST QUARTER.
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
0.21
1.3
0.0
Measles
0.47
11.1
1.1
Scarlatina
1.01
1.3
0.5
Diphtheria
—
1.3
0.15
Whooping Cough
0-57
1.7
0.3
Alvine Flux
0 • 15
1.7
0.9
Rospiratory Diseases
0 • 92
18.6
2.8
Nervous Diseases
0-73
6.5
1.6
All causes
11.59
53.1
9.6
SECOND QUARTER.
Small Pox
0.21
0.4
0.0
Measles
0 . 47
1.3
0.7
Scarlatina
1.01
0.8
0.5
Diphtheria
-
0.4
0.5
Whooping Cough
0.57
3.5
1.4
Alvine Flux
0.15
0.8
0.14
Respiratory Diseases
0.92
14.6
3.6
Nervous Diseases
0.73
11.5
1.7
All causes
11.59
44.9
12.9
TABLE III.
Summary of Inspector's Reports for the Half-Year ending April 1st.
I.—Systematic Inspections. .
Houses insppcted with reference to their Sanitary
condition
453
Houses inspected With reference to Vaccination
514
Works executed
142
Bakehouses inspected
76
Slaughter-Houses inspected
33
Cow-Houses inspected
54
II. — Inspections consequent
on Complaints.
Houses or other Premises visited
61
Works executed
16