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REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
For the Quarter ending July 2nd, 1887,
By JAMES STEVENSON, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE I.
Showing the Births and Deaths in Paddington, also the Mean
Temperature in London in each week of the Second Quarter of the
Year 1887.
Week ending
Births.
Deaths.
Mean
Temperature
(Fahrenheit).
St. Mary's.
St. John's.
St. Mary's
St. John's.
Degrees.
April 9
46
11
14
8
42.3
„ 16
65
11
29
6
41.9
„ 23
47
14
30
7
49.3
„ 30
45
9
23
12
43.7
May 7
36
5
23
9
47.7
„ 14
37
11
22
6
51.7
„ 21
51
7
25
12
48.4
„ 28
42
11
19
2
50.0
June 4
32
6
20
6
54.1
„ 11
54
12
26
7
60.2
„ 18
37
12
29
8
65.6
25
41
10
25
6
60.3
July 2
47
12
16
12
62.9
580
131
301
101
52.2
During the 13 weeks ending July 2nd, 1887, being the
second quarter of the registration year, 711 births and 469 deaths
were registered in Paddington. Of the 711 births, comprising
369 male and 342 female children, 580 occurred in St. Mary's,
and 131 in St. John's Sub-district. The 711 births were equivalent
to an annual rate of 25.1 per 1,000 of the estimated
population of the parish. In London the births were equivalent
to an annual rate of 31.5 per 1,000.