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Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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BIRTHS. 11
A comparison of the rates for 1896-1900 given in Table 10 with the corresponding rates in
Table 11 will indicate the error introduced in over-estimating the population during the latter half
of the intercensal period. As an example attention may be called to the rates for 1900. On the
estimated population calculated for that year (130,596) the birth-rates for the Parish and the two
Sub-Districts were stated to have been 22.13 (22.1), 25.48 (25.5), and 12.31 (12.3) respectively,
whilst the rates obtained by revising the estimate of the population, which has been found to
be 126,477, the rates become 22.8, 26.7, and 12.3 respectively.
Of the 3,359 children whose births were registered during the year, 3,226 were legitimate and
133 illegitimate. The complete returns aro appended.
TABLE 12. Illegitimate Births. 1901.
| Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 71 | 66 | 1 | 4 |
| Females | 62 | 56 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 133 | 122 | 2 | 9 |
| Per cent, of all births . | 3.9 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
The illegitimate birth-rate was 0.92 per 1,000, or 0.14 below the mean; and the legitimate
22.4, or 0.7 below the mean. The ratio of illegitimate births to legitimate was last year 4.12 m
100, as compared with a mean of 4.59 in 100 for the decennium 1891-1900. (See also Table 13.)
TABLE 13. Illegitimate Births and Birth-rates.
| Year. | Births Registered. | Birth-rates per 1,000 of Population.* | Illegitimate Births per 100 Legitimate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | ||
| 1891 | 2,807 | 145 | 2,952 | 23.7 | 1.22 | 25.0 | 4.91 |
| 1892 | 2,792 | 142 | 2,934 | 23.5 | 1.19 | 24.7 | 4.77 |
| 1893 | 2,885 | 126 | 3,011 | 24.0 | 1.05 | 25.1 | 4.18 |
| 1894 | 2,686 | 148 | 2,834 | 22.2 | 1.22 | 23.5 | 5.22 |
| 1895 | 2,854 | 125 | 2,979 | 23.4 | 1.02 | 24.5 | 4.19 |
| 1896 | 2,949 | 119 | 3,068 | 24.0 | 0.97 | 25.0 | 4.03 |
| 1897 | 2,903 | 107 | 3,010 | 23.5 | 0.87 | 24.4 | 3.68 |
| 1898 | 2,844 | 121 | 2,965 | 22.8 | 0.97 | 23.8 | 4.25 |
| 1899 | 2,811 | 129 | 2,940 | 22.5 | 1.03 | 23.6 | 4.58 |
| 1900 | 2,752 | 138 | 2,890 | 21.7 | 1.09 | 22.7 | 5.01 |
| Averages 1891-1900 | 2,828 | 130 | 2,958 | 23.1 | 1.06 | 24.2 | 4.59 |
| 1901 | 3,226 | 133 | 3,359 | 22.4 | 0.92 | 23.3 | 4.12 |
* Re-calculated.
Note.—The figures for 1891-1900 refer to the Old Parish, those for 1901 to the New Borough.