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Paddington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1930 was 2,216. From this total
it is necessary to deduct 524 births which occurred to residents of other localities and to add
469 births which occurred to Paddington residents outside the Borough. The corrected total
of 2,161 births thus obtained is equal to a rate of 15.12 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 2,161 births, 1,086 were those of males and 1,075 those of females, and of these
120 males and 118 females were illegitimate.
The Registrar-General's final figure for the nett number of births is given as 2,156 but
this does not materially affect the figure for the birth-rate given above.
The following table shows the birth-rate during each of the last six years in England and Wales, in London, in Paddington and in each of the wards of the Borough:—
| 1930 | Birth-rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Births. | Birthrates. | 1929 | 1928 | 1927 | 1926 | 1925 | |
The following table shows the course of the birth-rate in the Borough in the past:—
Illegitimate Births.—These were 238 in number, or 1101 per cent. of the total number of
births. The proportion of illegitimate births varies remarkably in the different wards as is
shown is the table below:—