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The number of deaths from the seven principal preventable
diseases was 48, as compared with 75 during the corresponding
quarter of last year. As the above figures represent only the
deaths which actually occurred in the parish, no cognizance
being taken of the infectious cases removed to extra-parochial
hospitals, it is obvious that they do not indicate the extent
to which zymotic disease prevailed in the parish, and that
any death-rate based upon them would be misleading. In
London the death-rate from these diseases was equivalent to
an annual rate of 3.52 per 1,000 inhabitants. In the 27
largest provincial towns it ranged from 2.10 in Halifax to
8.54 in Hull. In England and Wales the deaths corresponded
to an annual rate of 313 per 1,000, against an average rate
of 3.94 for the ten preceding third quarters.
Smallpox caused no death in Paddington, nor was any
case sent to the hospitals. In London during the quarter
there were 63 deaths.
Measles caused 8 deaths, corresponding to an annual
rate of 0 29 per 1,000 inhabitants. In London the rate was
0.41 per 1,000. In Huddersfield it was 2.55.
Scarlet Fever caused 3 deaths, being at the annual rate
of O'll per 1,000 persons living in the parish. 24 cases were
sent to Stockwell, 18 from St. Mary's, and 6 from St. John's
sub-district. In London the rate was 0.52 per 1,000.
Diarrhoea caused only 24 deaths, being at the annual rate
of 0.88 per 1,000, owing to the weather having been unseasonably
cold throughout the quarter. In London the rate
was 1.49.