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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
TABLE showing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions for the Year 1888, and 10 Years preceding.
| Year. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the Population. | Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year; percentage of Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 5 years; percentage of Total Deaths. | Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital. | The Children's Hospital. | ||||||
| 1888. | 24.6 | 16.6 | 19.3 | 13.3 | 34.3 | 334 | 5 | 64 |
| 1887 | 25.5 | 15.6 | 20.0 | 12.2 | 31.6 | 347 | 6 | 50 |
| 1886 | 25.6 | 16.9 | 22.5 | 14.8 | 35.4 | 250 | 5 | 53 |
| 1885 | 26.8 | 16.8 | 23.1 | 14.5 | 36.5 | 264 | 4 | 50 |
| 1884 | 27.2 | 16.3 | 24.1 | 14.4 | 36.0 | 263 | 3 | 34 |
| 1883 | 26.0 | 16.1 | 21.9 | 13.5 | 37.7 | 258 | 5 | 4 |
| 1882 | 26.8 | 16.3 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 37.5 | 245 | 3 | — |
| 1881 | 26.6 | 15.7 | 22.8 | 13.4 | 34.7 | 253 | 4 | — |
| 1880 | 26.8 | 15.7 | 25.1 | 14.8 | 40.3 | 237 | 5 | — |
| 1879 | 27.7 | 18.5 | 20.8 | 13.8 | 34.9 | 241 | 3 | — |
| 1878 | 27.6 | 17.0 | 24.5 | 15.0 | 39.6 | 230 | 3 | — |
| Average of 10 years, 1878.1887. | 26.7 | 16.5 | 22.7 | 14.0 | 36.4 | 259 | 4 | — |