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REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF PADDINGTON
For the Quarter ending December 31.9/, 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 Fourth 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.
October 8
27
15
22
7
51.9
„ 15
45
8
20
7
41.1
„ 22
51
5
23
6
43.3
„ 29
38
10
27
13
43.1
Nov. 5
50
15
34
7
45.4
„ 12
54
14
26
7
45.3
„ 19
41
12
30
13
34.1
„ 26
43
10
35
6
38.7
Dec. 3
57
13
27
6
43.3
„ 10
43
8
25
11
40.4
„ 17
38
9
20
8
41.7
„ 24
34
15
22
7
34.9
„ 31
52
17
33
8
32.1
Total
573
151
344
106
41.2
During the 13 weeks ending 31st December, 1887, being the
fourth quarter of the registration year, 724 births and 522 deaths
were registered in Paddington. Of the 724 births, comprising
375 male and 349 female children, 573 occurred in St. Mary's,
and 151 in St. John's Sub-district. The 724 births were equivalent
to an annual rate of 25.3 per 1,000 of the estimated
population of the parish. In London the births were equivalent
to an annual rate of 31.2 per 1,000.