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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
VESTRY OF PADDINGTON.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Sixth Annual
Report on the Vital Statistics and results of the Sanitary
Administration of the Parish, being the Report for the year 1899.
Although the death rate for last year (16.1 per 1,000 of the
estimated population) was higher than those for 1898 (15.80) and
1897 (14.33), yet I think that it may be considered satisfactory.
In comparison with the published death-rates for the other
Metropolitan Districts, it was seventh on the list, that of Hampstead
(11.6), the lowest in the Metropolis, being first. The other
Districts with lower rates were, Stoke Newington (12.7); St.
George, Hanover Square (14.2); Plumstead (14.3); Lee (15.1);
and Wandsworth (15.3). Probably in none of these districts does
the average density of the population throughout the area equal
that of Paddington. The death-rate in St. John's Sub-District,
or South Paddington (10.57), was particularly satisfactory, and
would be deemed a good advertisement for a health resort. In
the Metropolis, as a whole, the mortality was at the rate of 19.3
per 1,000; the highest rate for any district being that of St. Luke,
Middlesex, (28.4).
The Zymotic Death-Rate for the Parish (1.55) was eleventh
in the scale, that for St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (1.07) being the
lowest for any district, and that for St. George the Martyr,
Southwark (4.53), the highest. The rate for the whole Metropolis
was 2.46. In South Paddington the rate was only 0.32, a most