Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE II.
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. | ||
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St. Mary's Hospital. | The Lock Hospital. | The Children's Hospital. | ||||||
1891 | 25.1 | 17.9 | 20.7 | 14.8 | 29.8 | 371 | 5 | 62 |
1890 | 24.4 | 17.7 | 21.6 | 16.7 | 34.7 | 358 | 3 | 57 |
1889 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 23.8 | 13.8 | 33.3 | 344 | 2 | 70 |
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 | 14.6 | 36.5 | 264 | 4 | 60 |
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 | — |
Average of 10 years, 1882-1891. | 25.7 | 16.4 | 21.9 | 14-1 | 34.7 | 303 | 4 | — |