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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
Table shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among children, and Deaths in Public
Institutions, for the Year 1878 and 10 years preceding.
| Year. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year: per centage of Total Deaths. | Per centage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births | Deaths of Children under 5 years : per centage of Total Deaths. | Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital. | ||||||
| 1878. | 25.7 | 15.8 | 24.5 | 15.0 | 39.6 | 230 | 3 |
| 1877 | 26.7 | 15.6 | 223 | 13.0 | 38.0 | 224 | 5 |
| 1876 | 27.0 | 16.3 | 23.7 | 14.3 | 39.0 | 219 | 1 |
| 1875 | 27.8 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 14.1 | 38.4 | 141* | 3 |
| 1874 | 28.6 | 19.1 | 214 | 1 | |||
| 1873 | 28.0 | 195 | 198 | 7 | |||
| 1872 | 28.7 | 17.8 | 178 | 5 | |||
| 1871 | 28.8 | 19.9 | 192 | 2 | |||
| 1870 | 28.5 | 20.5 | 178 | 10 | |||
| 1869 | 294 | 19.1 | 187 | ||||
| 1868 | 30.6 | 19.6 | 209 | 7 | |||
| Average of 10 years, 1868.1877. | 28.4 | 18.5 | 194 | 5 | |||
NOTES.
I. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping
Cough, Fever, and Diarrhœa.
3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes.
4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and
Premature Birth.
5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and
Teething.