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Bearing in mind the yearly increase of population
(more than 1,000 a-year), the subjoined figures,
showing the corrected number of deaths from all
causes in Paddington during each of the last seven
years, will probably be more intelligible to some than
if expressed in the form of a death-rate:—
Year. Corrected Number
of Deaths.
1877 1,706
1878 1,761
1879 1,939
1880 1,667
1881 1,679
1882 1,766
1883 1,762
During the year there were 385 deaths of infants
under one year, and 665 of children under live
years of age, representing respectively 21.9 and
37.7 per cent. of the total deaths in the Parish.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington was
135 deaths to every 1,000 registered births. In
London the rate was 146, and in the 28 largest
provincial towns it ranged from 133 in Bristol to
210 in Preston.
Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox.
Small-pox caused no death in Paddington. Six
cases were removed to the hospital at Homerton,