Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF POPULOUS STREETS.
Streets. | No. of Houses. | No. of persons. | Total Population. | No. in each House. | Mortality. | REMARKS. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths in 10 years. | Deaths per 1000. | Annual Rate of Children per 1000. | Proportion of children to total deaths. | |||||||
m. | f. | |||||||||
„ „ West Brathwaite Place | 149 | 175 | 167 | 1521 | 10.2 | 330 | 21.71 in '61 27.13 | 13.48 | 62 per c. | 11 measles. 7 fever. 12 scarlet fever. 22 whooping-cough. |
Howell Street | 18 | 104 | 105 | 209 | 11.6 | 45 | 21.74 in'61 62.20 | 12.07 | 55 per c. | 12 zymotic deaths. 9 deaths at No. 2. |
Crompton Street | 19 | 126 | 124 | 250 | 13.15 | 53 | 21.20 in'66 32.0 | 16. | 75 per c. | 6 deaths at No. 10. |
Campbell Street | 34 | 242 | 220 | 462 | 10.6 | 108 | 23.37 in '68 38.96 | 15.8 | 67½ per c. | 28 zymotic deaths. |
Hethpool Street | 47 | 320 | 293 | 613 | 13.0 | 161 | 26.10 in '61 34.2 | 17-43 | 68¾ per c. | 22 zymotic deaths in 10 years. |
Cuthbert Street | 34 | 172 | 204 | 376 | 11.5 | 88 | 23.2 in '65 40 | 16. | 68¾ per c. | 22 zymotic deaths. No. 24, 11 deaths in 10 years. |
South Wharf Road | 31 | 133 | 150 | 283 | 9.0 | 85 | 30.34 in '65 50.00 | 17.85 | 58 per c. | Several zymotic and tubercular deaths. |
Union Place | 25 | 111 | 115 | 266 | 9.0 | 44 | 19.46 in '61,'66 38.00 | .. | .. | 5 deaths at No. 15, in 10 years. |
Mint Cottages | 2 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 5.3 | 17 | 39.53 in '64 90.0 | 23.25 | 60 per c. | These are now condemned as unfit for habitation. |
Sale Street | 27 | 151 | 172 | 323 | 12.0 | 64 | 19.81 in '64 34 | 9.9 | 50 per c. | |
Edgware Place | 12 | 97 | 101 | 198 | 16.5 | 42 | 21.21 | 10.10 | 47½ per c. | 6 deaths, zymotic. 10 deaths, tubercular. In 10 years. |
Brindley Street | 65 | 406 | 395 | 801 | 12.3 | 150 | 18.75 in '60 26.5 | 11.75 | 63¾ per c. | Many deaths from zymotic and tubercular class. |
Desboro' Street | 17 | 133 | 110 | 243 | 14.3 | |||||
Cambridge Place | 29 | 152 | 169 | 321 | 11.0 | 84 | 26.16 in '64 61.55 | 10.77 | 41 per c. | 8 deaths at No. 3, in 10 years. |