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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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36 [Appendix IV.
The nett total of deaths is not suitable for comparison with the returns for other districts
owing to the varying proportions of males and females at the different ages. By the use of
factors based upon "standard death-rates" and the numbers of each sex living at each age
"corrected" death-rates are obtained, suitable for such comparisons. In this way the
corrected rates are given in Table 17 have been calculated. It will be found that last year's
"corrected" rate for Paddington (17.18) was lower than the rates prevailing in the Western Parishes,
with the exception of that of St. George, Hanover Square (14.35)—as it has been in each of the
four years included in the Table. Other rates under 17.18 recorded last year were those of
Hampstead (13.01), Hackney (16.91), and Wandsworth (15.80).
TABLE 16. Death-rates per 1,000 persons living.
| Year. | Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | England and Wales. | London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 15.78 | 17.22 | 11.57 | 18.3 | 18.8 |
| 1890 | 17.97 | 19.28 | 14.78 | 19.5 | 21.4 |
| 1891 | 17.57 | 18.72 | 14.69 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| 1892 | 17.78 | 19.01 | 14.17 | 19.0 | 20.7 |
| 1893 | 17.63 | 19.33 | 13.24 | 19.2 | 21.3 |
| 1894 | 14.88 | 16.36 | 10.99 | 16.6 | 17.8 |
| 1895 | 17.00 | 18.58 | 12.76 | 18.7 | 19.9 |
| 1896 | 15.55 | 17.65 | 10.71 | 17.1 | 18.6 |
| 1897 | 14.33 | 15.68 | 10.60 | 17.4 | 18.2 |
| 1898 | 15.89 | 17.64 | 10.97 | 17.6 | 18.7 |
| 1899 | 15.96 | 17.85 | 10.57 | 18.3 | 19.8 |
| Mean rates 1890-1899 | 16.45 | 18.01 | 12.34 | 18.36 | 19.79 |
In Table 18 comparison is instituted between the death-rates recorded last year and certain
mean rates in the Parish, in London, and in England and Wales. It will be seen that all the local
rates of last year were better than any of the other rates taken for comparison. The best comparison
is that with the rate for "Rest of England and Wales," which may for present purposes be
taken to represent rural England. For the sake of clearness the figures are quoted here:—
"Nett" Rates per 1,000 Persons of all Ages.
Rual England 17.5
Paddington 15.8
St. Mary 17.2
St. John11.6