Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
Tear. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1000 living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year: percentage of Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 5 years: percentage of Total Deaths. | Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions. | |
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Saint Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital. | ||||||
1881 | 26.6 | 15.7 | 22.8 | 13.4 | 34.7 | 253 | 4 |
1880 | 26.8 | 15.7 | 25.1 | 14.8 | 40.3 | 237 | 5 |
1879 | 27.7 | 18.5 | 20.8 | 13.8 | 34.9 | 241 | 3 |
1878 | 27.6 | 17.0 | 24.5 | 15.0 | 39.6 | 230 | 3 |
1877 | 28.4 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 13.0 | 38.0 | 224 | 5 |
1876 | 28.5 | 17.2 | 23.7 | 14.3 | 39.0 | 219 | 1 |
1875 | 29.1 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 14.1 | 38.4 | 141* | 3 |
1874 | 29.5 | 19.7 | 214 | 1 | |||
1873 | 28.7 | 19.9 | 198 | 7 | |||
1872 | 29.0 | 18.0 | 178 | 5 | |||
1871 | 28.8 | 19.9 | 192 | 2 | |||
Average of 10 years, 1871.1880 | 28.4 | 18.1 | 207 | 4 |
* The Hospital was closed during a portion of this year.