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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Hospitals and Institutions.Deaths.
Queen Charlotte's Hospital1
Bethnal House Asylum2
Charing Cross Hospital1
Middlesex Hospital4
St. Bartholomew's Hospital2
University College Hospital1
Samaritan Hospital1
St. Thomas's Hospital2
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street.2
St. Giles' Workhouse1
Temperance Hospital2
City of London Union Infirmary1
North London Hospital for Consumption1

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These 26 deaths—20 of parishioners from St. Mary's Subdistrict,
and 6 of parishioners from St. John's—are included in
the total deaths (401), and throughout this report arc dealt with
in the same manner as if they had actually occurred in the
parish.

Table: TABLE III—Mortality at Different Ages.

TABLE III—Mortality at Different Ages.

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.
St. Mary's651106611.438.2
St. John's17242111.621.2
Paddington821348611.433.4

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Of the 401 deaths, 82 were of Infants under 1 year of age,