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Paddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
APPENDIX. TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 137,662 | 3,622 | 26.31 | 544 | 150 | 2,548 | 18.51 | 606 | 369 | 219 | 2.398 | 17.42 |
| 1894 | 138,438 | 3,399 | 24.55 | 457 | 134 | 2,106 | 15.21 | 615 | 293 | 242 | 2,055 | 14.84 |
| 1895 | 139,225 | 3,563 | 25.59 | 590 | 166 | 2,476 | 17.78 | 554 | 306 | 209 | 2,379 | 17.09 |
| 1896 | 140,022 | 3,612 | 25.37 | 585 | 162 | 2,349 | 16.49 | 672 | 316 | 225 | 2,258 | 15.85 |
| 1897 | 140,829 | 3,554 | 25.23 | 559 | 157 | 2,168 | 15.39 | 519 | 294 | 224 | 2,098 | 14.89 |
| 1898 | 141,648 | 3,444 | 24.31 | 591 | 171 | 2,433 | 17.17 | 600 | 330 | 235 | 2,338 | 16.50 |
| 1899 | 142,477 | 3,452 | 24.22 | 549 | 159 | 2,445 | 17.16 | 606 | 298 | 223 | 2,370 | 16.63 |
| 1900 | 143,318 | 3,370 | 23.51 | 524 | 155 | 2,519 | 17.57 | 708 | 401 | 218 | 2,336 | 16.29 |
| 1901 | 144,188 | 3,359 | 23.29 | 484 | 144 | 2,163 | 15.00 | 652 | 324 | 218 | 2,057 | 14.26 |
| 1902 | 145,052 | 3,305 | 22.41 | 474 | 144 | 2,311 | 15.67 | 735 | 366 | 207 | 2,152 | 14.58 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902. | 141,357 | 3,468 | 24.48 | 536 | 154 | 2,352 | 16.59 | 627 | 330 | 222 | 2,244 | 15.83 |
| 1903 | 145,927 | 3,302 | 22.63 | 425 | 128 | 2,103 | 14.41 | 743 | 366 | 181 | 1,918 | 13.14 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term
"Residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,336,
Total population at all ages, 143,976
Number of inhabited houses, 13,221
Average number of persons per house, 8.9
At Census of 1901.