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Paddington 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 4.
DEPORT
ON THE
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
MIDSUMMER-DAY. 1868,
BY WM HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Printed by Order of the Vestry.
TABLE I.
| Estimated Population in 1867. | Annual Value of Property Assessed In 1866. | Annual Value of Property per head. | Rates levied in 1866. | Area in Statute Acres. | Persons to an Acre. | Mortality from all causes. | Rate of Mortality per 1000. | Water supply. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96,876 | £7:16:9 | Apr. 1/5 Oct. 1/7 3/- in £ | 1245 | 75.0 | 1735 | 17.4. | Grand Junction. West Middlesex. |
Vestry Hall; July, 1868.
The deaths registered in the Parish during the last 13 weeks
ending June 27th, amount to 395, the corresponding quarter in
1867 was 365. The Births in the same period were 674 in 1867,
and 670 in 1868. The regular increase of births over the deaths
is therefore every quarter very considerable. The death rate,
calculated upon the estimated increase of population, will be at
the rate of 16.3 per 1000. The rate of mortality in London at
the present time is 22 per 1000 in West London, 25 in North
London, 23 in central London, 31 East London, and 21 in South
London.
The Zymotic Diseases were 69, or 17.5 per cent of the total
deaths. Whooping Cough and Measles begin to decline, and are
replaced by Diarrhoea as the summer months arrive. The
diseases of this class show a remarkably low return and indicate
an unusually healthy season, corresponding with the comparatively
few cases treated at the public Institutions.