London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
| Year. | Birth Kate per 1,000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality, per 1,000 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital. | The Children's Hospital. | ||||||
| 1883 | 260 | 161 | 219 | 135 | 377 | 258 | 5 | 4 |
| 1882 | 26.8 | 16.3 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 37.5 | 245 | 3 | ... |
| 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 | 349 | 3 | ... | |
| 1878 | 27.6 | 17.0 | 24;, | 15.0 | 39.6 | 230 | 3 | ... |
| 1877 | 284 | 16.6 | 22.3 | 130 | 38.0 | 224 | 5 | ... |
| 1876 | 28.5 | 17.2 | 23.7 | 143 | 39.0 | 219 | 1 | ... |
| 1875 | 291 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 141 | 38.4 | 141 | 3 | ... |
| 1874 | 29.5 | 19.7 | 214 | 1 | ... | |||
| 1873 | 28.7 | 19.9 | 198 | 7 | ... | |||
| Average of 10 rears, 1873.1882. | 28.0 | 17.5 | 220 | 4 | 4 | |||
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