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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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births. TABLE 9. Births and Birth-Rates. 1902.
| Births Registered. | Birth-rates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Per 1,000 persons at all ages. | Per 1,000 females aged 15-45 years. | ||
| Borough | 3,304* | 22.39* | 70.56 |
| London | 132,810 | 28.53 | 106.00 |
| Kensington | 3,488 | 19.31 | 54.52 |
| Westminster | 3,286 | 17.87 | 55.22 |
| Marylebone† | 3,976 | 29.60 | 87.36 |
| Hampstead | 1,549 | 18.19 | 48.83 |
| Willesden | 3,922 | 31.70 | 116.09 |
*Registrar-General's total and rate.
†Correction necessary for births in Queen Charlotte Lying-in Hospital.
The contrast between the rates, calculated per 1,000 females of reproductive ages (15-45
years), in the three Registration Sub-District is remarkable, thus while the birth-rate in NorthWest
Paddington was 119.7, it was only 26.0 in St. John. Of course this difference is largely
due to the very considerable excess of females at these ages in service in the wealthier part of
St. John. It is feared, however, that the present tendency to small families has a no inconsiderable
share in the lowness of the rate.
Illegitimate Births.—Of the 3,305 births registered in the Borough, 149 were births of
illegitimate children, equal to 4.5 per cent., an increase amounting to 0.6 per cent. above the
proportion recorded in 1901 (3.9). In St. Mary's Sub-District, which includes the Workhouse
and Infirmary, the proportion was 5.2 per cent. last year compared with 4.8 in 1901. In St.
John the proportion rose from 0.5 per cent. in 1901 to 3.1 last year, and in North-West
Paddington it fell from 2.0 to 1.6. (see Table 10.)
TABLE 10. Illegitimate Births.
| Borough | Registration Sub-Districts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary | St. John | North-West Paddington. | |
| Males 76 | 65 | 4 | 7 |
| Females 73 | 64 | 8 | 1 |
| Total 149 | 129 | 12 | 8 |
| Per cent. of all births. | |||
| 1902 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| 1901 3.9 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough during the past year (53 weeks) numbered 2,311,
of which 1,188 were deaths of males, and 1,123 of females. In 1901 (52 weeks) the total