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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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In London the death-rate for the quarter was 20.5
In Edinburgh 18.1
In Glasgow 20.8
In Dublin 26.3
Per
1,000 inhabitants.
In Paddington 16.9
The corrected number of deaths in the Parish from
all causes during the corresponding quarters of the
years 1883-1893 was as under:—
Third Quarter
of Year.
Total
Deaths.
1883
.396
1884
398
1885
440
1886
456
1887
404
1888
443
1889
383
1890
442
1891
477
1892
406
1893
509
In the public institutions in the Parish there were
155 deaths, viz., 9 in the Workhouse, 46 in the Paddington
Infirmary, 1 in the Lock Hospital, and 99 in
St. Mary's Hospital.
The 9 deaths in the Workhouse—3 males and 6
females — and the 46 deaths in the Paddington Infirmary—27
males and 19 females—being regarded as
those of parishioners, are included in the 403 deaths
in St. Mary's Sub-district. 70 of the deaths in St.
Mary's Hospital, and the 1 death in the Lock Hospital,