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Paddington 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 19.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
LADY-DAY 1872,
WITH A SPECIAL REPORT OF THE SMALL POX EPIDEMIC
OF 1871.
BY WM- HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE I.
Summary of Weekly Return of Births and Deaths from January to March 30th, 1872.
| St. Mart's. | St. John's. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. |
| Jan. 6 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 28 |
| 13 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 58 | 27 |
| „ 20 | 39 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 35 |
| „ 27 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 31 |
| Feb. 3 | 45 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 70 | 44 |
| „ 10 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 72 | 37 |
| „ 17 | 38 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 55 | 28 |
| „ 24 | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 57 | 27 |
| March. 2 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 43 |
| „ 9 | 64 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 79 | 31 |
| „ 16 | 43 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 59 | 44 |
| „ 23 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 57 | 39 |
| „ 30 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 57 | 34 |
| Total | 571 | 283 | 196 | 170 | 767 | 448 |
During the last quarter of 13 weeks, ending Saturday
March 30th, 448 deaths were registered in the Parish, being 100
less than the corresponding quarter of 1871, and lower than any
three previous years. The births during the quarter were 767,
being 319 in excess of the deaths.
The deaths are at the rate of 18 per 1000 of the population,
and the births at 30.8 per 1000.
Of Zymotic diseases 47 deaths are recorded, the corresponding
quarter of previous years were 89 in 1868; 61 in 1869;