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five years of age; representing respectively 24.1
and 36.0 per cent. of the total deaths in the Parish.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington
was 144 deaths to 1,000 births. In London the rate
was 155; and in the 27 largest provincial towns it
ranged from 128, in Portsmouth, to 226, in Leicester.
Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox.
Small-pox caused no deaths in Paddington.
86 cases were removed to the hospitals—5 to
Highgate and 81 to the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.
In London there were 913 deaths.
Measles.
In London there were 2,285 deaths from measles,
being a rate of 0.56 per 1,000 persons living.
In Paddington there were 31 deaths, of which
24 occurred in St. Mary's and 7 in St. John's—
being at the rate of 0.28 per 1,000 living.
Scarlet Fever.
Scarlet fever caused in London 1,444 deaths,
giving a rate of 0.35 per 1,000 inhabitants. In
Paddington there were 20 deaths—16 in St. Mary's
and 4 in St. John's Sub-district. 61 cases were
removed to the hospitals—13 to the London Fever
Hospital and 48 to the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board.