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quarter of the year 1880 were, notwithstanding the increase
of population, considerably fewer than those in the corresponding
quarters of the two previous years. The year 1877,
it will be remembered, was exceptionally healthy.
In the public institutions in the parish there were
91 deaths; viz., 31 in the Workhouse, 59 in St. Mary's Hospital,
and 1 in the Lock Hospital. The 31 deaths in the
Workhouse—15 males and 16 females—being regarded as those
of parishioners, are included in the 308 deaths registered in
St. Mary's sub-district. Of the 59 deaths in St. Mary's Hospital
46 were those of non-parishioners, as was also the 1
death in the Lock Hospital, and these are therefore not dealt
with in this report.

The 415 deaths during the last quarter included 99 of
infants under one year of age, 148 of children under 5 years,
and 89 persons aged 65 years and upwards. The rate of
infantile mortality in Paddington was 151 deaths to 1,000
registered births. In London it did not exceed 141, whereas
it averaged 163 in the nineteen largest provincial towns,
ranging from 132 in Portsmouth to 199 in Salford. The
infantile death rate was 55 in Colchester, and 241 in Ash ton.
under-Lvne.
The deaths of children under 5 years of age constituted
36 per cent. of the total deaths, and were mostly due to
diseases of the zymotic, local, and developmental classes.