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Paddington 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 18.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
CHRISTMAS 1871,
BY WM- HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Hall; January 9th, 1872.
TABLE V.
Localities in whichk deaths from Zymotic and other diseases have been recorded during the Quarter ending September 30th, 1871
| Streets, Districts and Hospitals, | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria, &c | Whooping Cough. | Typhus & other Fevers. | Erysipelas,&c. | Diarrhoea, &c. | Phthisis. &c. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia. &c. | Violent Deaths. | Other Diseases. ' | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary’s Hospital | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| Paddington Workhouse | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 13 | 26 |
| Lock Hospital | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Praed Street. including (1) | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 4 | .. | 7 | 28 |
| Harrow Road & N.W. Road (2) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .. | 15 | 37 |
| Hull Park District (5) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 14 | 2 | 2 | . . | 5 | 28 |
| Amberly Road District (4) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 12 |
| Kilburn District (5) | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | |
| Clarendon Street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 |
| Woodchester Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 10 |
| Cirencester Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 |
| Brindley Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hampden Street. &c (6) | .. | • | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 0 | 2 | .. | 8 | 24 |
| Westbourne Terrace North,&c (7) | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 15 |
| Woodfield Road. &c (8) | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 15 |
| Moscow road, &c. (9) | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | 21 |
| Squares and Mansions (10) | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 1 | . | 24 | 40 |
| Mews and Stables | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | 21 |
| Other Places, including (11) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | •• | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 100 |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 86 | 75 | 27 | 11 | 194 | 453 |
It will be seen that 469 deaths have been registered in this
Parish during the quarter; there are however in addition 7 deaths
out of the Parish amongst the patients removed to the Small Pox
Hospital at Hampstead, making a total of 476. The weeklyaverage
deaths are 36.8. Out of the fatal number of deaths from
all causes 150, or 32 percent, are deaths of children under 5 years
of age; 104 deaths are of persons between the ages of 60 and 80,
and 14 are upwards of 80. The death rate stands at 19'8/ per
thousand per annum, excluding the 7 Small Pox cases out of the
Parish. There were 299 deaths in St. Mary's, and in St. John's
170, which is the normal average of a healthy season.