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Paddington 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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No. 21.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
MICHAELMAS 1872,
SEPTEMBER 2m,
BY WM. HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Estimated Population 99,934
St. Mary's 61,654. St. John s 38,280.
TABLE I.
| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. |
| July 6 | 42 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 61 | 43 |
| „ 13 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 45 | 23 |
| „ 20 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 46 |
| 43 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 36 | |
| Aug. 3 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 52 | 44 |
| „ 10 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 52 | 38 |
| „ 17 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 39 |
| „ 24 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 48 | 32 |
| „ 31 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 54 | |
| Sept. 7 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4y | |
| ,, 14 | 37 | 21 | 8 | lo | 45 | 34 |
| „ 21 | 39 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 56 | 18 |
| „ 28 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 55 | |
| Total | 478 | 273 | 195 | 160 | 673 | 433 |
The number of deaths registered during the last quarter is
433—20 less than the corresponding quarter of last year, and
less than the average for 5 years—with an increasing population.
The actual mortality being 453, 467, 436, 449. The death rate
per 1000 of the population is 17.32; the birth rate 26.8.
No deaths have occurred from small pox; only 6 from measles,
and 6 from scarlet fever; while whooping cough was fatal
to 13 young children; and diarrhoea, as is usual in the Summer
months, proved fatal to 60 persons, nearly all young children.
Only six deaths are registered under the heading of fevers,