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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 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: TABLE V., showing the localities in which deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases occurred during the third quarter of the year ending 30th September,1882.

TABLE V., showing the localities in which deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases occurred during the third quarter of the year ending 30th September,1882.

NAMES OF PLACES.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Total.
Typhus.Typhoid.Simple Continued Fever.
St. Mart's Sub-District.
Campbell Street........................11
Waverley Road...1..................12
Woodfield Cottages......• • •...............11
Clarendon Street...11...............35
Cirencester Street...2......1.........14
Lydford Road............1............1
Richmond Mews...1.....................1
Paddington Green............1...1......2
John Street...1• • •..................1
Fernhead Road...1...1...............2
Goldney Road...1.....................1
Park Villas............1............1
Southam Street........................11
Landseer Terrace........................11
Elcom Street............1...• • •......1
Woodchester Street........................22
Hero Place........................11
Modena Terrace........................11
Randolph Gardens........................11
Kilhurn Park Road........................11
Hall Place........................11
Westbourne Square......1..................1
Kennet Road........................11
Brindley Street..................1......1
Rundell Road......1...• • •............1
Westbourne Grove.........1...............1
Newton Road............1............1
Wellings Place........................11
Westbourne Park............• • •...1......1
Total St. Mary's Sub-Die....8326...3...1840

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Meteorology.
Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S., in his report to the RegistrarGeneral,
remarks that with the exception of the first three
days the month of July was cold, wet, and ungenial, the
temperature being much below that of 1881. During the
first half of the month of August the weather was moderately
fine, whilst in the latter half it was cold and showery,
although the rain was generally less than the average.
During the first week the weather in the month of September
was fine, but was afterwards cold and unsettled, and the air
more humid than usual. The atmospheric pressure was
throughout the quarter, with the exception of a few days,
constantly below the average. The mean temperature of the
air during the quarter was 58.1°, being 1.6° below the
average for the corresponding period in 111 years, and showed