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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Deducting from the total deaths (469) those of 70 nonparishioners—64
in St. Mary's Hospital, 11 in the Children's
Hospital, Paddington Green, and 1 in the Lock Hospital —
the corrected number of deaths in the parish is seen to be
393. To this number must be added the deaths of 9
parishioners in extra-parochial hospitals and institutions, within
the Metropolis during the same period, making a total of 402
deaths — 194 males and 208 females—equivalent to an
annual death-rate of 14.4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The number of births and deaths, together with the birth
and death-rates in the parish, and in its two sub-districts, during
the quarter is shown in the subjoined table:—
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 | |
In London the death-rate for the quarter was 18.0
In Edinburgh 19.4
In Glasgow 23.3
In Dublin 28.7
In England and Wales 18.2
In Paddington 14.4