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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths. TABLE 11. Deaths from all causes at all ages and Death-rates, 1902.
| Borough. | Deaths at all ages. | Death-rates,* 1902. | Death-rate,* 1901. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Persons. | ||
| 1,066 | 1,086 | 2,152 | 16.88 | 12.87 | 14.58 | 14.26 | ||
| Registration Sub-Districts. | St. Mary | 766 | 790 | 1,556 | 17.94 | 14.77 | 16.20 | 15.54 |
| St. John | 142 | 184 | 326 | 12.06 | 8.21 | 9.54 | 10.35 | |
| North-West Paddington† | 158 | 112 | 270 | 18.19 | 12.95 | 15.58 | 14.98 | |
| Wards. | Harrow Road | 213 | 220 | 433 | 15.83 | 14.64 | 15.17 | 14.45 |
| Maida Vale | 111 | 153 | 264 | 14.36 | 13.23 | 13.68 | 13.59 | |
| Westbourne | 167 | 206 | 373 | 16.57 | 14.27 | 15.21 | 14.86 | |
| Church | 298 | 241 | 539 | 23.20 | 16.98 | 19.95 | 18.37 | |
| Lancaster Gate (West) | 30 | 29 | 59 | 10.36 | 5.08 | 6.86 | 9.08 | |
| Lancaster Gate (East) Hyde Park | 28 | 42 | 70 | 12.03 | 7.30 | 8.67 | 7.67 | |
| 61 | 83 | 144 | 12.02 | 9.13 | 10.17 | 12.04 | ||
*Per 1,000 estimated individuals of each sex, and of persons, in each district.
†Co-terminous with Queen's Park Ward.
The deaths and annual death-rates (the rates are in italic figures) in the four quarters of
the last two years were—
1902. 1901. 1902. 1901.
First Quarter 730 20.35 631 17.56 Third Quarter 418 11.56 469 13.05
Second „ 470 13.16 445 12.38 Fourth „ 522 13.40 512 14.24
Table II. in the Appendix contains the numbers of deaths recorded in each year of the
decennium 1892—190.1 in the Borough and the three Registration Sub-Districts. Corresponding
figures for the Wards are not available. From that Table it appears that the deaths
recorded last year were in each case well below the decennial averages. Instead of correcting
the averages for the changes in the populations, the following summary of the death-rates has
been prepared:—
Comparison of death-rates (per 1,000 persons at all ages).
Ten years. Five years. Five years.
1902. 1892-1901. 1892-1890. 1897-1901.
Borough 14.58 16.13 10.56 15.71
St. Mary 16.20 17.92 18.45 17.39
St. John 9.54 11.51 12.28 10.75
North-West Paddington 15.58 16.03 15.56 16.51
In Table 12 will be found the numbers of deaths of residents in each Ward tabulated in
six sex-age-groups, together with the numbers dying in public institutions. It has not been
thought necessary to calculate the mortality rates for all the sub-divisions of the Borough,
but only for the Borough as a whole. The mortality rates for males and females in six sexage-groups
for 1901 and 1902 will be found in Table 13. It will be seen from this Table that
the changes in the rates have been very irregular and such as to allow of no conclusion being
drawn.