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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 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: Per 1,000 Inhabitants.

Per 1,000 Inhabitants.

In London the Death-rate for the quarter was19.5
In Edinburgh18.0
In Glasgow24.6
In Dublin26.2
In Paddington158

Table: The corrected number of deaths in the Parish from all causes during the corresponding quarters of the years 1883—1893 was as under:—

The corrected number of deaths in the Parish from all causes during the corresponding quarters of the years 1883—1893 was as under:—

Second Quarter of Year.Total Deaths.
1883456
1884414
1885469
1886401
1887402
1888 436
1889348
1890482
1891549
1892532
1893471

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In the public Institutions in the Parish there were
160 deaths, viz., 7 in the Workhouse, 40 in the Paddington
Infirmary, and 113 in St. Mary's Hospital.
The 7 deaths in the Workhouse—3 males and 4
females—and the 40 deaths in the Paddington Infirmary—25
males and 15 females—being regarded as
those of parishioners, are included in the 360 deaths
in St. Mary's Sub.district. 91 of the deaths in St.