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No. 8.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
JUNE 26th. 1869,
by wm hardwicke, m.d.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Printed by Order of the Vestry.
Vestry Hall; July 1CM, 1869.
TABLE I.
Summary of Weekly Return of Births and Deaths from
April 3rd, to June 26th, 1869.
St. Mary's.
St. John's.
Totals.
Week ending
Births.
Deaths.
Births.
Deaths.
Births.
Deaths.
April 3
49
20
20
12
69
32
„ 10
39
25
10
16
57
41
„ 17
32
22
12
21
44
43
„ 24
32
24
15
10
47
34
May 1
36
21
9
15
45
36
„ 8
27
24
11
11
38
35
„ 15
36
19
12
8
48
27
„ 22
34
15
16
18
53
33
,, 29
40
23
13
13
53
36
June 5
43
19
13
12
56
31
„ 12
34
14
17
7
41
21
„ 19
32
20
14
13
46
33
„ 26
34
20
13
7
47
27
Totals
468
266
173
163
641
429.
During the last quarter it appears that 429 deaths and 641
births were registered in the Parish; estimating at the average
rate of increase, the population ought to be, 100,587. This shows
a death-rate of 16.0, and a birth-rate of 24.4 per 1000. The
zymotic deaths are a very low proportion in some places. In
most large towns they account for one-fifth of the deaths
from all causes. 26 cases of death from Scarlatina are recorded.
This epidemic continues to spread, and is not confined to the
dwellings of the poor. I have traced its contagious origin in
most instances from schools where children have brought it
from houses in which one or more cases have occurred. It
appears to be a disease which has very little relation to the
defective condition of the house, except perhaps with the
deficiency of its ventilation.
The consumption and tubercular diseases have carried oil
87 persons, including 24 under five years of age; the rest are