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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE II.Table showing the Annual Birth Bate, Bate of Mortality, Death Bates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions,for the Year1879and10Years preceding.

TABLE II.

Table showing the Annual Birth Bate, Bate of Mortality, Death Bates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions,

for the Year1879and10Years preceding.

Year.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Annual Kate of Mortality, per 1000 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 6 years: per centage of Total Deaths.Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.
Saint Mary's Hospital.The Lock Hospital.
187925.617.120.813.834.92413
187825.715.824.515.039.62303
187726.715.622.313038.02245
187627.016.323.714.339.02191
187527.817.622.314.138.4141*3
187428.619.12141
187328.019.51987
187228.717.81785
187128.819.91922
187028.520.517810
186929.419.11875
Average of 10 years, 1869.187827.918.11964

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NOTES.
1. 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.