London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Paddington 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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The ratio of births to the entire population
of the Parish was 1 to every 37 inhabitants, or 27.2
per 1,000.
In St. Mary's Sub-district the ratio of births to
population was 1 to every 31 persons living, or 32.3
per 1,000.
In St. John's the ratio of births to population
was 1 to every 59 persons, or 16.9 per 1,000.
Some of the preceding particulars are shown in
the subjoined table:—
Sub-District.
Estimated
Population.
Births.
Ratio of Births to
Population.
per 1,000.
St. John's
37,106
628
1 to 59
16.9
St. Mary's
73,633
2,379
1 to 31
32.3
Paddington
110,739
3,007
1 to 37
27.2
Deaths.
Of the total number of deaths in the Parish—
2,005—263 occurred in St. Mary's Hospital, 3 in the
Lock Hospital, and 34 in the Children's Hospital,
Paddington Green. 175 of the deaths in St. Mary's
Hospital, 25 of those in the Children's Hospital, and
the 3 deaths in the Lock Hospital, being those of
non-parishioners, are not dealt with in this report.
Of the remaining 1,802 deaths, 876 were males
and 926 females. 1,331 deaths occurred in St.