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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 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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APPENDIX.— 88
TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Ten Previous Years. L, G. B. vital statistics.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered beyond the District. 11 | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate* 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | Number. 12 | Rate.* 13 | |||||||
| 1899 | 142,477 | 3,452 | 24.22 | 549 | 159 | 2,445 | 17.16 | 606 | 298 | 223 | 2,370 | 16.63 |
| 1900 | 143,318 | 3,370 | 23.51 | 524 | 155 | 2,519 | 17.57 | 708 | 401 | 218 | 2,336 | 16.29 |
| 1901 | 144,188 | 3,359 | 23.29 | 484 | 144 | 2,163 | 15.00 | 652 | 324 | 218 | 2,057 | 14.26 |
| 1902 | 145,052 | 3,305 | 22.41 | 474 | 144 | 2,311 | 15.67 | 735 | 366 | 207 | 2,152 | 14.58 |
| 1903 | 145,927 | 3,302 | 22.62 | 425 | 128 | 2,103 | 14.41 | 743 | 360 | 181 | 1,918 | 13.14 |
| 1904 | 146,815 | 3,295 | 22.44 | 490 | 148 | 2,228 | 15.17 | 780 | 387 | 173 | 2,014 | 13.71 |
| 1905 | 147,713 | 3,184 | 21.55 | 441 | 139 | 2,210 | 14.90 | 806 | 410 | 161 | 1,961 | 13.27 |
| 1906 | 148,621 | 3,152 | 21.22 | 395 | 125 | 2,041 | 13.73 | 775 | 395 | 197 | 1.843 | 12.40 |
| 1907 | 149,542 | 3,074 | 20.55 | 390 | 128 | 2,154 | 14.40 | 770 | 372 | 232 | 2,014 | 13.46 |
| 1908 | 150,489 | 3,149 | 20.58 | 374 | 118 | 2,079 | 13.58 | 825 | 400 | 217 | 1,896 | 12.36 |
| Averages for years 1899-1908. | 146,483 | 3,264 | 22.24 | 455 | 139 | 2,225 | 1516 | 740 | 372 | 203 | 2,056 | 14.01 |
| 1909 | 151,437 | 2,895 | 19.11 | 347 | 119 | 2,154 | 14.22 | 813 | 409 | 219 | 1,964 | 12.96 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Total population at all ages, 143,976
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,336. Number of inhabited houses, 13,221 At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house, 8.9