Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
TABLE 30.
Deaths under One Year 1901.
| Quarters. | Year. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Wards. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| Queen's Park | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 27 |
| Harrow Road | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 67 | 38 |
| Maida Vale | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 27 |
| Westbourne | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 37 |
| Church | 16 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 63 | 69 |
| Lancaster Gate, West | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Lancaster Gate, East | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Hyde Park | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| Registration Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||
| St. Mary | 42 | 40 | 37 | 26 | 59 | 65 | 48 | 37 | 186 | 168 |
| St. John | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 |
| North-West Paddington | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 27 |
| Borough | 59 | 53 | 51 | 33 | 76 | 81 | 55 | 47 | 241 | 214 |
| Births registered | 464 | 422 | 407 | 411 | 464 | 386 | 413 | 392 | 1,748 | 1,611 |
| Mortality (per 1,000 births) | 127 | 125 | 125 | 80 | 163 | 209 | 133 | 119 | 137 | 132 |
TABLE 31.
Infantile Mortality. Ages at Death. 1901.
| Age at Death. | Registration Sub-Districts. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | ||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | M. | f. | |
| Under 1 week | 36 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 1-4 weeks | 26 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 1-3 months | 47 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 3-6 „ | 39 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 6-9 „ | 19 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 9-12 „ | 19 | 18 | .. | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Total under 1 year | 186 | 168 | 20 | 19 | 35 | 27 |
| 1-5 years | 85 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 12 |