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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 1898
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898
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(23.22). Last year the proportion of the births of
girls to those of boys was as 96 to 100, as compared
with 99 to 100 in 1897.
TABLE 3. Births and Birth-rates, 1888-98.
| Year. | Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | Birth-rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regd. | Hates. | Regd. | Rates. | Regd. | Rates. | England and W ale:). | London. | |
In North Paddington 2,558 births were registered
(1,294 of boys and 1,264 of girls) equivalent to a
rate of 27.14 per 1,000 inhabitants of the district,
1.02 below the rate for the preceding six years (28.16),
and 1.46 below the decennial mean (28.60). In
South Paddington there were 407 births (219 of boys
and 188 of girls), the rate being 12.17, as compared
with a mean rate of 13.43 (a decrease of 1.26) for the
preceding six years and a decennial mean of 13.83 (a
decrease of 1.66).