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

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Paddington 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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The corrected number of deaths in the parish from all
causes during the corresponding quarters of the years 18771885
was as under:—
Third Quarter of Year. Total
Deaths.
1877 398
1878 377
1879 327
1880 385
1881 385
1882 337
1883 396
1884 398
1885 440
In the public institutions in the parish there were 117
deaths—viz., 40 in the Workhouse, 64 in St. Mary's Hospital,
12 in the Children's Hospital, and 1 in the Lock Hospital,
The 40 deaths in the Workhouse—22 males and 18 females
—being regarded as those of parishioners, are included in
the 340 deaths in St. Mary's Sub-district; 42 of the deaths
in St. Mary's Hospital were of non-parishioners, as were also
9 of the deaths in the Children's Hospital, and the 1 death
in the Lock Hospital, and are therefore not dealt with in
this report.
In extra-parochial hospitals and institutions within the
metropolis there were 20 deaths of parishioners, as under:—
Hospitals and Institutions. Deaths.
Brompton Hospital 1
King's College Hospital 1
North London Hospital (Consumption) 1
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 2
Royal Hospital for Incurables 1