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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 (455) those of 71 nonparishioners—68
in St. Mary's Hospital and 3 in the Children's
Hospital —the corrected number of deaths of parishioners in the
parish is seen to be 384. To this number must be added the
deaths of 20 parishioners in extra-parochial hospitals and institutions
within the Metropolis during the same period, making a
total of 404 deaths—206 males and 198 females—equivalent
to an annual death-rate of 14.1 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 Third. 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. | |||||
| July 9 | 43 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 69.3 |
| „ 16 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 67.9 |
| „ 23 | 56 | 9 | 28 | 10 | 63.4 |
| „ 30 | 50 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 65.4 |
| August 6 | 39 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 63.9 |
| „ 13 | 58 | 11 | 25 | 8 | 65.3 |
| „ 20 | 40 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 57.0 |
| „ 27 | 35 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 63.7 |
| Sept. 3 | 43 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 61.4 |
| „ 10 | 45 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 56.7 |
| „ 17 | 40 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 53.9 |
| „ 24 | 47 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 53.6 |
| October 1 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 49.6 |
| Total | 571 | 145 | 315 | 89 | 60.9 |
In London the death-rate for the quarter was 19.6
In Edinburgh 18.2
In Glasgow 18.5
In Dublin 30.9
In England and Wales 17.6
In Paddington 14.1