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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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235
Per 1,000 inhabitants
In London the death-rate for the quarter was 23.2
In Edinburgh 22.3
In Glasgow 22.3
In Dublin 27.4
In Paddington 19.8
The corrected number of deaths in the parish from
all causes during the corresponding quarters of the
years 1883-1893 was as under:—
Fourth Quarter
of Year.
Total
Deaths.
1883 449
1884 516
1885 434
1886 458
1887 450
1888 450
1889 455
1890 532
1891 483
1892 452
1893 597
In the public Institutions in the parish there
were 142 deaths, viz., 8 in the Workhouse, 41 in
the Paddington Infirmary, 1 in the Lock Hospital,
and 92 in St. Mary's Hospital.
The 8 deaths in the Workhouse—1 male and 7
females—and the 41 deaths in the Paddington Infirmary—
20 males and 21 females—being regarded as
those of parishioners, are included in the 456 deaths
in St. Mary's sub-district. 59 of the deaths in St.
Mary's Hospital, and the 1 death in the Lock
q2