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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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The deaths from measles were still very high, as well as
of whooping cough; a few cases of scarlet fever begin to show
themselves; out of the 7 deaths under fever, one was puerperal,
one from blood poisoning, and one from bilious fever. Upon
the whole the quarter was an extremely healthy one. The mean
temperature being favorable. The deaths of the corresponding
quarter for 5 previous years* slightly exceed this quarter, yet
10,000 persons have been added to the population of the Parish.
There is a growing improvement in the condition of certain
portions of the population, which is also manifest from personal
observation of those who are well acquainted with some of the
worst streets of the Parish. There has been much work done by
the Poor Law Officials, and through the medium of the Charity
Organization Committee to sustain a large proportion of the
indigent population, and to prevent the squalid misery that seeks
refuge in streets where the homes of the poor are not under the
same strict supervision as in this Parish.
* 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874.
458 464 464 476 462
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 |
(1) Desboro'-Pl., Britannia-Ter. (2) 91 Harrow-Rd., & 57 Westbourne Grove, 42, Shirland Road.
„ Craven Hill, 8, Carlton Road. (3) including Bilious Fever, Puerperal Fever 2, Sceptisemia 1.