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No. 28.
REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
MIDSUMMER 1874,
BY WM. HARDWICKE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Estimated Population 103,609
St. Mary's 65,098. St. John's 38,511
TABLE I.
Summary of Weekly Return of Births and Deaths from
March 28th, to June 28th, 1874.
St. Mart's.
St. John's.
Totals.
Mean
Temper.
Week ending
Births.
Deaths.
Births.
Deaths.
Births.
Deaths.
April 4
42
29
10
22
52
51
48.1
„ 11
33
25
17
13
50
38
45.1
„ 18
46
27
9
11
55
38
47.1
„ 25
37
24
16
8
53
32
57.6
May 2
52
21
21
10
73
31
50.6
„ 9
27
35
15
6
42
41
44.2
„ 16
43
10
22
11
65
21
46.6
„ 23
45
18
16
8
61
26
51.6
„ 30
35
21
14
9
49
30
59.5
June 6
25
40
19
15
44
55
63.3
„ 13
33
16
18
12
51
28
57.1
„ 20
38
24
7
13
45
37
53.7
„ 27
50
21
19
13
69
34
57.4
Total
509
311
203
151
709
462
52.4
During the last quarter the births registered were 709, the
deaths 462, being at a rate of 27.3 and 17.8 per 1,000 respectively
of the estimated population. Zymotic diseases formed
14.3 per cent. of the 462 deaths; 19.6 of the total deaths were
in public institutions, that is, 91 deaths in St. Mary's Hospital
and the Workhouse.