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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 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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cally useful taken as a whole. Table VII. shows the
mortality in different districts. The birth-rate, 27.7
per 1000 of population, shows a thriving state of
the people. At the same time, the increase of population,
(950 births in excess of deaths,) is attended with
a high death-rate in some quarters of the Parish.
TABLE I.
The following Tables shows the number of Births and Deaths during the last 4 Quarter:—
| Quarter ending | Births. | Deaths. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Rate for 3months per 1,000 | Total. | Rate for 3 months per 1,000 | Total. | Rate for 3 months per 1,000 | |
The epidemic of the year has been the Scarlet
Fever, from which forty deaths have been registered
thirty-six during the last three quarters. The Diptheritic
cases, too, have been unusually numerous, and
Whooping Cough has prevailed extensively in the
parish.
During the height of the Epidemic of Scarlet Fever
in certain districts and threatening this neighbourhood,
it appeared desirable to resort amongst other things to
all preventive measures possible to guard against further
extension.