Report on the health of Paddington for the quarter ending Christmas, 1869 / by Wm. Hardwicke.

  • Hardwicke, William.
Date:
[1870]
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Credit: Report on the health of Paddington for the quarter ending Christmas, 1869 / by Wm. Hardwicke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    REPORT ON THE i . - n <v, xO No. ,*V * 10. ' X - '>/ ^ / / • . 'Cy 7 / // C-Pfrss HEALTH OF PADDINGTO FOR THE QUARTER ENDING CHRISTMAS, 1869, B Y WM HARDWICK E, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. Printed by Order of the Vestry. Vestry Hall; Jan. 1870. TABLE I. Summary of Weekly Return of Births and Deaths from Oct. 2nd, 1869 to January 1st, 1870. Week ending St. Mary’s. St. John’s. Totals. Births. Deaths. Births. Deaths. Births. Deaths. October 2 35 20 10 8 45 28 9 38 22 13 11 51 33 16 35 13 17 18 52 31 23 38 11 20 12 58 23 30 51 23 11 11 62 . 34 Novembei 6 34 21 10 4 44 25 13 33 13 11 9 44 22 20 48 27 13 21 61 48 27 39 15 18 17 57 32 December 4 38 26 9 15 47 41 11 47 20 13 10 60 30 18 42 22 15 11 57 33 25 33 17 14 14 44 31 January 1 35 29 9 20 44 49 543 279 183 181 726 460 The mortality of this quarter (including 14 weeks) is very low, amounting to 460 deaths, or at a rate of only 18.0 per 1000 of the estimated population. The births are 726, or 28.8 per 1000. The Zymotic diseases were fatal to 94 persons, chiefly young children; Small Pox 1, Measles 9, Scarlet Fever 44; Hooping Cough 1, Fever 8, Diarrhoea 16. The epidemic of Scarlet Fever has been severe in most parts of London, and still prevails here. The Tubercular diseases 75, (including 46 cases of Consumption) are rather lower than the average. Inflammatory Diseases of the Chest, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy did not reach their usual weekly average ; 59 only during the quarter have been recorded. The deaths in young children (102) are also lower than usual; showing throughout the quarter (except from Scarlet Fever) a very favorable state of the public health.