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The Registrar-General computed the local deathrate
from phthisis at 1.15—or 0.05 above the rate
arrived at by the Department. The rate for the
Parish was lower than that for any of the districts
immediately contiguous thereto, with the exception
of that for Hampstead.
Phthisis.
Rates per 1,000 persons of all ages.
Kensington
1.34
St. Marylebone
1.98
Chelsea
1.79
Hampstead
0.84
St. George, Hanover
Square
1.36
Willesden
1.28
Paddington
1.15 (1.10).
Respiratory Diseases.
The deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia (398)
were below the averages for the decennium (409),
and for the first quinquennium (487), but above that
for the second (339). The numbers for the two subdistricts
showed similar differences (see Table 18).
The death-rate for the Parish (3.08) was below the
decennial mean-rate (3.18), that for North Paddington
(3.50) above the mean (3.45), and that for
South (1.89) below. The differences from the various
means are indicated below :—
Bronchitis and Pneumonia Death- Rates, 1899.
Percentage Differences from Mean-rates.
1889-98.
1889-93.
1894-98.
Paddington
—0.10
—0.66
+0.46
St. Mary
+0.05
—0.46
+0.56
St. John
—0.57
—1.30
+0.15