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Paddington 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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cipal zymotic diseases, of which 46 occurred in St.
Mary's and 10 in St. John's sub-district.

TABLE IV. — Principal Causes of Death in Paddington during the13weeks ending30th December, 1893.

St. Mary's.St. John's.Total.
Smallpox......Total Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, 79.
Measles12..12
Scarlet Fever13114
Diphthoria141125
Whooping Cough12..12
Fever (Typhoid)628
Diarrhœa8..8
Influenza28836
Diseases of Respiratory Organs11738155
Phthisis351247
Heart Diseases41849
Cancer151227
Violent Deaths9918

The number of deaths from the seven principal
preventable (zymotic) diseases was 79, as compared
with 37 in the corresponding quarter of last year, and
was equivalent to an annual rate of 2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants,
as compared with 1.2 in the corresponding
quarter of last year. In London the zymotic deathrate
was equivalent to an annual rate of 2.96 per
1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 1.89 in the corresponding
quarter of last year. In the 33 great towns