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Paddington 1887

[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 quarter of the years 1877-1887 was as under:—

First Quarter of Year.Total Deaths.
1877..... •.. •.. •.. •.. •..409
1878.. •..... •.. •.. ... •.. •497
1879.. •..... •.. •.. •.. •.. •587
1880.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •506
1881.. •• . •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •487
1882.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •571
1883.. •.... •.. •.. •.. •.. •461
1884.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •474
1885.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •534
1886.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •...594
1887.. ....... •.. •..... •.. •529
The corrected number of deaths in the parish from all causes during the corresponding quarter of the years 1877-1887 was as under:—
[###]First Quarter of Year.Total Deaths.
1877..... •.. •.. •.. •.. •..409
1878.. •..... •.. •.. ... •.. •497
1879.. •..... •.. •.. •.. •.. •587
1880.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •506
1881.. •• . •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •487
1882.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •571
1883.. •.... •.. •.. •.. •.. •461
1884.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •474
1885.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •534
1886.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •.. •...594
1887.. ....... •.. •..... •.. •529

These 17 deaths—14 of parishioners from St. Mary's Subdistrict,
and 3 of parishioners from St. John's—are included in
the total deaths (529), and throughout this report are dealt with
in the same manner as if they had actually occurred in the
parish.

In extra-parochial hospitals and institutions, within the Metropolis, there were 17 deaths of parishioners, as under: —

Hospitals and Institutions.Deaths.
King's College Hospital Queen's Charlotte Hospital1 1

Of the 529 deaths, 86 were of Infants under 1 year of age,
149 of children under 5 years, and 145 of persons aged 6'5
years and upwards.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington was 112
deaths to 1,000 registered births. In London it was 131;