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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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TABLE 21.
| Quarters. | Paddington. | Registration Sub-Districts. | N.W. Paddington. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | |||||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males | Females. | Persons | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Person | |
| 1 | 282 | 349 | 631 | 191 | 241 | 432 | 51 | 74 | 125 | 40 | 34 | 74 |
| 2 | 240 | 205 | 445 | 163 | 149 | 312 | 42 | 34 | 76 | 35 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | 227 | 242 | 469 | 167 | 172 | 339 | 36 | 35 | 71 | 24 | 35 | 59 |
| 4 | 247 | 265 | 512 | 181 | 188 | 369 | 32 | 44 | 76 | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Year | 996 | 1,061 | 2,057 | 702 | 750 | 1,452 | 161 | 187 | 348 | 133 | 124 | 257 |
| Rates * | 16.13 | 12.86 | 14.26 | 16.90 | 14.45 | 15.54 | 13.89 | 8.48 | 10.35 | 15.47 | 14.49 | 14.98 |
* Ratio calculated per 1,000 individuals of each sex.
| Quarters. | Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | West-bourne. | Church. | Lancaster West. | Gate. East. | Hyde Park. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1 | 40 | 34 | 59 | 58 | 37 | 51 | 34 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | 35 | 22 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 31 | 44 | 41 | 57 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 17 |
| 3 | 24 | 35 | 48 | 46 | 20 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 61 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | 34 | 33 | 64 | 47 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 56 | 65 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 23 |
| Year | 133 | 124 | 214 | 187 | 109 | 146 | 153 | 201 | 252 | 232 | 26 | 51 | 30 | 31 | 79 | 89 |
| Estimated population | 17,152 | 27,745 | 18,763 | 23,819 | 26,335 | 8,473 | 7,952 | 13,949 | ||||||||
| Death-rates * | 14.98 | 14.45 | 13.59 | 14.86 | 18.37 | 9.08 | 7.67 | 12.04 | ||||||||
* Per 1.000 persons residing in each Ward.
| Wards. | Ages at Death. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1. | 1-5. | 5—15. | 15—25. | 25—65. | 65 and over. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Queen's Park | 35 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 40 | 30 | 36 |
| Harrow Road | 67 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 71 | 68 | 36 | 55 | |
| Maida Vale | 22 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 46 | 30 | 54 | |
| Westbourne | 38 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 71 | 28 | 66 | |
| Church | 63 | 69 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 101 | 78 | 42 | 45 |
| Lancaster Gate (West) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 11 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Do. do. (East) | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | - | — | 19 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Hyde Park | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 41 |
| The Borough | 241 | 214 | 121 | 71 | 22 | 38 | 23 | 38 | 381 | 362 | 208 | 338 |