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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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42 mortality in childhood.
Wards, that for Church Ward (3.15) was the only one in excess of the mean (2.95). It was in
that Ward that the fatality from measles was so exceptionally high. (See Table 28).
TABLE 31.
| Locality. | Epidemic Influenza. | Respiratory Diseases. | Alcoholism. | Cirrhosis of Liver. | Suicide. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9. | 1910. | 1905-9 | 1910. | 1905-9. | ||
| Borough | 0.20 | 2.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||||||
| Wards. | Queen's Park | 0.18 | 3.10 | ... | 0.12 | ... | |||||
| Harrow Road | 0.23 | 1.82 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Maida Vale | 0.14 | 1.59 | 0.05 | 0.10 | ... | ||||||
| Westbourne | 0.11 | 2.06 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||||||
| Church | 0.28 | 3.15 | 0.07 | ... | 0.10 | ||||||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 0.24 | 0.47 | ... | ... | 0.24 | ||||||
| Lancaster Gate, East | 0.13 | 0.89 | 0.25 | ... | 0.25 | ||||||
| Hyde Park | 0.29 | 1.01 | 0.14 | ... | 0.22 | ||||||
Alcoholic Excess.—Combining the mortalities from "Alcoholism" and "Cirrhosis of the
Liver," the rate was 0.14 last year, as compared with 0.12 in the previous year, and a mean
rate (1905-09) of 0.21. In Harrow Road Ward alone was the mortality (0.23) in excess of the
mean (0.16).
Suicide.—The mortality fell last year to 0.08, having been 0.14 in 1909, while the mean
rate for the quinquennium was 0.16. The whole of the change was due to the exceptionally
low figures in the northern half of the Borough, higher rates being recorded in Church Ward,
and in the three southern Wards, where the rates were quite abnormal. It must, however,
be borne in mind that in the last named Wards the rates are based on very small numbers of
deaths.
MORTALITY IN CHILDHOOD.
This part of the report is devoted to a consideration of the mortality at ages under
five years, and is sub-divided into two main sections, viz.:—Infantile Mortality, and
Mortality in Young Children. An account of the work in connection with Health
Visiting in the past year is included in the former section, and some supplementary
tables showing the changes in mortality during the twenty years 1891-1910, are given in
Appendix B, at the end of the Report.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of children aged less than one year registered in the Borough during the
year numbered 353, 68 of the deceased being children of non-resident parents. The crude*
* "Crude mortality" is the rate obtained by the use of the deaths and births registered in the Borough, without
any corrections for non-residents, etc.
"Nett mortality" is the rate obtained by the use of the deaths, corrected as fully as possible, and of the births
as registered.
"Corrected mortality" is the rate obtained from the deaths and births after full correction of both.
The last mentioned rate can only be used in comparisons of the mortality in different parts of the Borough
'luring years subsequent to 1905. All other comparisons are based on the "nett mortality," except when otherwise
stated.