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REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Paddington.
Gentlemen,
In presenting to you my first Annual
Report, allow me to remind you that my predecessor,
Dr. Hardwicke, did not retire from office until Midsummer
of last year, at which period my duties
commenced. The parochial year terminates at Ladyday.
In dealing with the vital statistics of the parish,
for purposes of comparison with the reports of other
Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, I have deemed
it advisable to confine myself, as nearly as possible, to
the calendar year, that is to say, from the 2nd day of
January, 1875, to the 1st day of January, 1876, a period
of 52 weeks, which will be found to correspond with
the official year of the Registrar-General.
The information as to the births, the mortality—its
extent and causes—and the sanitary work done in the
parish under the able superintendence of your
Inspectors, is presented in the tabular forms recommended
by the Society of Medical Officers of Health ;
and will, I hope, be considered an accurate and
compendious retrospect of all these important matters.
With regard to other circumstances affecting the sanitary
condition of the parish, though some of them
occurred during the present year, I think it better to
refer to them in this report, before they have lost their
temporary interest.