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Paddington 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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No. 27.
REPORT
ON THE
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
LADY-DAY 18 7 4,
B Y WM. HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Estimated Population 103,084
St. Mary's 64,606. St. John's 38,478

Table: TabularSTATEMENT Of INSPECTIONSreportedandworksofhouse improvementcompleted under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1875.

TabularSTATEMENT Of INSPECTIONSreportedandworksofhouse improvementcompleted under the Orders of the Sanitary Committee, for the Year ending 25th March, 1875.

I. Systematic Inspections.Houses inspected with reference to their Sanitary condition.5,917
Works executed1,340
Slaughter-houses under inspection during the year26
^Cow-houses ditto ditto14
Bake houses ditto ditto83
Urinals and Urinal Nuisances under Inspection60
II. Inspections consequent on ComplaintsHouses or other Premises visited732
Works executed632

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The deaths are rather more than usual this quarter. The
death rate is 22 per 1000 of the living population, 21.1 in St.
Mary's, 22.9 in St. John's, including the Hospital and Workhouse
mortality in each district. The 106 deaths in public
institutions are 19 per cent. nearly, or 1 in 5 of the total deaths.
The births are nearly 200 in excess of the deaths of the quarter;
the birth-rate is 30.2 per 1000 of the population, that is, about
3,000 infants are born in the parish annually, and registered.