Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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| Date. | Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sewers. | Metro. Consolidated. | Total. | |
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| Sub-District. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Ratio of Births to Population. | Rate per 1,000. |
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| Sub-District. | Estimated Population. | Deaths. | Ratio of Deaths to Population. | Rate per 1,000. |
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| Year. | Proportion of organic impurity present in Thames water as delivered in London. | Proportion of organic impurity present in Lea water as delivered in London. |
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| Names of Companies and Sources. | Number of occasions when clear and transparent. | Number of occasions when slightly turbid. | Number of occasions when turbid. | Number of occasions when very turbid. | Proportion of Organic Impurity. | ||
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| Maximum.* | Minimum.* | Average.* | |||||
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Number of Inhabited Houses in the Parish. | Registered Births. | Deaths. | |||
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| St. Mary's | St. John's | St.Mary's | St. John's | St. Mary's | St. John's | ||
| Year. | Birth Rate 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. | ||
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| Saint Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital | The Children's Hospital. | ||||||
| Cause of Death | AGES. | TOTAL. | |||||||||||||||
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| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 95 | 95 & up- wards | Total under 5 yrs. | ||||
| Cause of Death | Sub-district. | Total 1st Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 2nd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 3rd Quarter. | Sub-district. | Total 4th Quarter. | Total Deaths. | TOTAL. | |||||||
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's | ||||||||
| Total Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 of Population. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths. | ||
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| Disease. | 1876 | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | Annual Average of 10 years, 1876—1885. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 10 years, 1876-1885. | 1886. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1886. |
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| Paddington. | No. of Complaints received during year. | No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | Results of Inspection. | House Drains. | Privies and Water Closets | Dust Bins. | Water Supply. | Miscellaneous. | Regularly Inspected. | Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | ||||||||||||
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| Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed. | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Trapped or Ventilated. | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Supplied with Water. | New provided. | New provided. | Repaired, Covered, &c. | Cistern (new) erected. | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866. | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal, and other Refuse. | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | Bakehouses. | Licensed Cowhouses. | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||||
| Date of Order. | Locality. | Subsidiary Names abolished. | No. of Houses in street. |
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| Brick Sewers constructed at the expense of | Air Shafts and Openings constructed at the expense of | Number of Gulleys. | Number of Manholes and side Entrances constructed at the expense of | Examinations of House Drains as to their General Condition. | ||||||
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| Private Parties. | The Vestry. | Private Parties. | The Vestry. | Constructed and Reconstructed. | Repaired. | Private Parties. | The Vestry. | |||
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| Details of Expenditure. | Outstanding Balances, 25th March, 1887. | Annual Expenditure, including outstanding Balances. | |||||||
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| Details of Expenditure. | Outstanding Balances, 25th March, 1887. | Annual Expenditure, including Outstanding Balances. | |||||||
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1887. March 25th. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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| Knocked down and out of lighting. | Escapes in Columns or defective Stand Pipes. | OUT OF LIGHTING. | Cocks found turned off in the night. | Lights blown or knocked out, and Gas escaping. | |||||||||
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| All Night | Part of Night. | ||||||||||||
| Water. | Naphthaline. | Stoppage in Services. | Water. | Formation of Naphthaline. | Stoppages in Services. | ||||||||
| Hours Burning per Month | Average Hours per Night. | Rato Hour. | Quantity of Gas Consumed | Month. | Average Hours. | Estimated Consumption at 4.6 cubic feet per Hour | Actual Consumption by Meter modified hours. | Difference gained by Meter. | Consumpper Hour. | Total qunntity between Scale and Meter Systems. | Total Quantity over all the Lamps. . | ||
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| Burning per Mouth. | Burning per Night, | ||||||||||||
| 1886. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | 1886. | Hours. | Hours. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. | Cubic feet. |
| Date when fixed. | Locality. | Sugg's 100 Candle Power | Bray's 80 Candle Power. | Sug's York, 8 feet. | Odd Pattern, 8 feet. |
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| One Week's supply per Horse. | Tenders Accepted. | |||||||||||
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| November 17th, 1885. | July 6th, 1886. | January 4th, 1887. | ||||||||||
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| Pickaxes lined and Steeled. | Tools Sharpened. | Paving Hammers lined. | ||
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| Pickaxes | Chisels. | Paving hammers | ||
| MARCH 25th, 1887. | Totals. | Dusting. | Watering. | Slopping am) Snow Clearing. | Carting Materials. | 'Totals. | ' dARCII 25th, 1887. | Totals. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Working Expenses— | sks, DustingDepartment, viz.:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dusting. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | Materials. | Chaldrons. | Loads. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Amounts. | |||||||||
| MARCH 25, 1887. | Totals. | Dusting. | Watering. | Slopping and Snow Clearing. | Carting Materials. | Totals | MARCH 25, 1887. | Totals. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||
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| MARCH 25, 1887. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | IARCH 25, 1887. | £ | s. | d. | £ | r. | d. |
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| Cr. 1887. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
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| Dr. | Cr. 1887. | ||||||||
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| POOR RATE ACCOUNT. | |||||||
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| RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | EXPENDITURE. | £ | s. | d. |
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| TENDER ACCEPTED. | NAME OF CONTRACTOR. | NATURE OF CONTRACT. | PRICE. |
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| £ | s. | d. | School Board for London | £ | s. | d. | |||||||
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| Original Debt. | Rate of Interest per Cent. | Paid off this year. | Total paid off. | Remaining unpaid. | ||||||||
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| £ | £ | s. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Half-year commencing at | Rate in the Pound. | Amounts over which the Vestry has control. | Amounts over which the Vestry has no control. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poor. | Lighting. | General. | Sewers. | Main Drainage and Metropolitan Consolidated. | Church. | Total. | POOR. | SEWERS | GENRAL | MAIN DRAINAGE | METRO. C0NS0LI-" DATED. | TOTAL. | ||||||||||
| Guardian Board. | Police. | County | Metropolitan Common Poor Fund. | Metropolitan Asylum District Rate. | West London District Schools | Metropolitan Fire Brigade. | Baths and Wash-houses. | Precepl from M B.oF Works | is School Board for Londor | Precept from M. B of lWorks. | s Precepts from M.B. of Works. | |||||||||||
| I. | II. | III. | IV. | v. | VI. | VII. | VIII. | IX. | X. | XI. | XII. | XIII. | XIV. | XV. | XVI. | XVII. | XVIII. | |||||
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| Half-year commencing at | Rate in the Pound. | Amounts over which the Vestry has control. | Amounts over which the Vestry has no control. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poor. | Lighting | General. | Sewers. | Main Drainage and Metropolitan Consolidated. | Church. | Total. | POOR. | SEWERS. | GENERAL | MAIN DRAINAGE. | METRO. C0NS0LI DATED | TOTAL. | ||||||||||
| ???aar- ???mn ???ifcrd. | Police. | County | Metropolitan Common Poor Fund. | Metropolitan Asylum District Rate. | West London District Schools | Metropolitan Fire . Brigade | Baths and Wash-houses. | Precepts from M.B. of Works. | School Board for London | Precepts from M. B. of Works. | Precept from M. B. of Works | |||||||||||
| I | II. | III. | IV. | V. | VI. | VII | VIII. | IX. | X. | XI. | XII. | XIII. | XIV. | XV. | XVI. | XVII. | XVIII | |||||
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| Year. | No. of Houses. | Total Rateable value | Average Rateable value per House. ; | Rate per £. | Average amount of Parochial Rates paid per House. | Items over, which the Vestry HAS control. | Items over which the Vestry ETAS NO control. | |||||||||||
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| Rate per £. | Average amount paid per House. | Rate per £. | Average amount paid per fcl ouse. | |||||||||||||||
| 1867 | 11,436 | 729,838 | 64 | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| 1886. RECEIPTS. | £ | s. | d. | 1886. PAYMENTS. | £ | s. | d. |
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| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Mean Temperature . (Fahrenheit). | ||
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's | ||
| Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 of Population. |
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| Fourth Quarter of Year. | Total Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Sub-districts. | Under 1 year. | Under 6 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Percentage of Deaths of Infants under 1 year to Registered Births. | Percentage of Deaths of Child ran under 5 years of Total Deaths. |
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Total. | |||
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| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||
| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever | ||||||||
| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit). Degrees. | ||
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's. | St. John's. | ||
| Sub-District. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. |
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| First Quarter of Year. | Total Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Sub-districts. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Percentage of Deaths of Infants under 1 year to Registered births. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 5 years of Total Deaths. |
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Total. | |||
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| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhæa. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued. Fever. | ||||||||
| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||
| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Mean. Temperature (Fahrenheit). Decrees. | |||
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's | St. John's. | |||
| Second Quarter of Year. | Total Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Sub-districts. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | 66 years and upwards. | Percentage of Deaths of Infants under 1 year to Registered Births. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 6 years of Total Deaths. |
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Total. |
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| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | lever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued. Fever. | ||||||||
| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measle6. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||
| Week ending | Births. | Deaths. | Mean Temperature (Fahrenheit). | ||
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | St. Mary's | St. John's. | ||
| Sub-Districts. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. |
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| Fourth Quarter of Year. | Total Deaths. |
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| Fourth Quarter of Year. | Total Deaths. |
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| Hospitals and Institutions. | Deaths. |
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| Sub-districts. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Percentage of Deaths of Infants under 1 year to Registered Births. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 5 years of Total Deaths. |
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| St. Mary's. | St. John's. | Total. | |||
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| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | lever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||
| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||
| NAMES OF PLACES. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | ||
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| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Simple Continued Fever. | ||||||||