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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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Table: TABLE I.Births and Deaths of Inhabitants of Paddington.

TABLE I.

Births and Deaths of Inhabitants of Paddington.

Population in 1861.Births.Deaths.
St. Mary's39,009First Quarter392263
Second Quarter442274
St. John's36,798First Quarter189145
Second Quarter239162
St. Mary's Hospital-First Quarter-26
Second Quarter-19

Table: TABLE II.Mortality per 10,000 of the Population, of Children under Five Years.FIRST QUARTER.

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 Pox0.211.30.0
Measles0.4711.11.1
Scarlatina1.011.30.5
Diphtheria—1.30.15
Whooping Cough0-571.70.3
Alvine Flux0 • 151.70.9
Rospiratory Diseases0 • 9218.62.8
Nervous Diseases0-736.51.6
All causes11.5953.19.6

Table: SECOND QUARTER.

SECOND QUARTER.

Small Pox0.210.40.0
Measles0 . 471.30.7
Scarlatina1.010.80.5
Diphtheria-0.40.5
Whooping Cough0.573.51.4
Alvine Flux0.150.80.14
Respiratory Diseases0.9214.63.6
Nervous Diseases0.7311.51.7
All causes11.5944.912.9

Table: TABLE III.Summary of Inspector's Reports for the Half-Year ending April 1st.

TABLE III.

Summary of Inspector's Reports for the Half-Year ending April 1st.

I.—Systematic Inspections. .Houses insppcted with reference to their Sanitary condition453
Houses inspected With reference to Vaccination514
Works executed142
Bakehouses inspected76
Slaughter-Houses inspected33
Cow-Houses inspected54
II. — Inspections consequent on Complaints.Houses or other Premises visited61
Works executed16