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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 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN STREETS (continued). 2. Cirencester Street:—

COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN STREETS (continued). 2. Cirencester Street:—

Number of Houses97Males720
,, Inhabitants1511Females791
Average per House.15.4Deaths in 10 years.400
Ages:—Under 5.5 to 20.20 to 40.40 to 60.60& upwards.
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Annual Mortality during four years.
Average Annual Death Rate, 25.1 per 1000.
Deaths in 1870, 68=37.8 per 1000.

Table: Average Annual Death Rate of Children under 5—17.20 per 1000—or 65 per cent, of the total Deaths.

Average Annual Death Rate of Children under 5—17.20 per 1000—

or 65 per cent, of the total Deaths.

Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular Diseases.Other Diseases.
1866,'67,'63,'69,'70.1866,'67,'68,'69,'70.1866,'67,'68,'69,'70.
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17 Deaths from Scarlet Fever in 1870.
Destitute persons, January 20, 1872:—
6 men | 114 women. | 41 children. Total 161 persons.
Weekly Amount of Relief, £7:17:0.
Widows 57, above 60; widows with children 11; women deserted 6.
Total 114.
No. of house.
6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 42, 50, 53,
56, 57 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 72, 73, 75, 78, 80, 85,
88, 102, 104, 106, 114. Total 36 houses.