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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE 17.
| Death-rates* from | Infantile Mortality (0-1 year) per 1,000 births registered. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. - | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | |||
| England & Wales | 1899 | 18.3 | 2.21 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.98 | ? | 163 |
| 1889-98 | 18.3 | 2.12 | 0.01 | 0.43 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.67 | ? | 151 | |
| 33 Great Towns | 1899 | 20.2 | 2.81 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 1.21 | ? | 181 |
| 1896-98 | 19.0 | 2.86 | 0.01 | 0.61 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.19 | 1.08 | ? | 174 | |
| 67 Large Towns | 1899 | 18.0 | 2.45 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 1.22 | ? | 178 |
| 1896-98 | 17.2 | 2.44 | 0.06 | 0.49 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.94 | ? | 168 | |
| Rest of England & Wales | 1899 | 17.1 | 1.71 | 0.01 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.76 | ? | 124 |
| 1896-98 | 16.3 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.56 | ? | 138 | |
| Registration London | 1899 | 19.3 | 2.46 | 0.01 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.92 | 1.82 | 166 |
| 1889-98 | 19.6 | 2.72 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 049 | 0.53 | 0.13 | 0.70 | 1.86 | 157 | |
| PADDINGTON | 1899‡ | 16.1 | 1.55 | ... | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.83 | 1.15 | 151 |
| 1889-98‡ | 16.3 | 2.09 | 0.01 | 039 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 1.29 | 151 | |
| St. Mary, North Paddington | 11899‡ | 17.8 | 2.00 | ... | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 1.07 | 1.18 | 159 |
| 11889-98‡ | 17.7 | 2.48 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 0.46* | 0.11 | 0.73 | 1.48 | 154 | |
| St. John, South Paddington | 1899‡ | 10.6 | 0.32 | ... | ... | 0.03 | ... | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.72 | 93 |
| 1889-98‡ | 12.5 | 1.07 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.26 | 0.80 | 125 | |
* Averages corrected for changes in population, and adjusted to nearest whole numbers,
† Separately tabulated since 1890 only.
1894. In London, 3 deaths, equal to a rate of something
under 001 per 1,000 of the inhabitants, were
recorded. In the "Thirty-three Great Towns" (including
London), there were 145 deaths from this
disease, 141 of which occurred in Hull. In the whole
country the deaths from this disease amounted to
174.