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Paddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths.
TABLE 14. Mortalities at different ages per 1,000 estimated living in each age-group. Paddington,1901-1903.
| Year. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 05 and over. | 0— | 1— | 5- | 15- | 25— | 05 and over. | |
| 1903 | 138.29 | 21.28 | 2.18 | 2.52 | 12.75 | 81.40 | 125.26 | 16.64 | 1.99 | 1.50 | 7.95 | 71.10 |
| 1902 | 177.36 | 21.25 | 3.33 | 3.81 | 12.83 | 89.76 | 112.96 | 19.22 | 2.38 | 2.35 | 8.76 | 82.65 |
| 1901 | 162.50 | 24.63 | 2.03 | 1.83 | 12.87 | 88.85 | 150.81 | 14.25 | 3.33 | 2.13 | 8.52 | 76.81 |
In St. Mary's Sub-District last year's rate was 14.41, as compared with rates of 15.54
and 10.20 for 1901 and 1902 respectively, and a decennial mean rate of 17.61 (showing a
reduction of 3.20, or a saving of 305 lives).* In St. John's Sub-District the rate for 1903 was
9.08, against rates of 10.35 (for 1901), 9.54 (for 1902) and 11.05 (for the preceding decennium).
The reduction of 1.97 per 1,000 under the decennial mean is equivalent to 66 lives. In
North-West Paddington last year's rate of 14 per 1,000 was 0.98 below the rate of 1901
(14.98), 1.58 below that of 1902 (15.58) and 1.93 below the decennial mean (15.93), the last
figure representing 33 lives. The total number of lives saved in the Borough during the vear
by the smaller rates in the three Sub-Districts amounted to 404. Appended are the
quinquennial and decennial mean rates—
Death-Rates.
| Mean Rates. I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five years. | Five years. | Ten years. | ||
| 1903 | 1893-97 | 1898-1902 | 1893-1902 | |
| Borough | 13.14 | 16.01 | 15.65 | 15.83 |
| St. Mary | 14.41 | 17.84 | 17.38 | 17.61 |
| St. John | 9.08 | 11.56 | 10.38 | 11.05 |
| North-West Paddington | 14.00 | 15.51 | 16.36 | 15.93 |
The rates for the different wards (Table 12) were lower last year than in 1901 and 1902,
except in Hyde Park Ward, where last year'srate (11.07) was higher than that of 1902 (10.17),
but lower than that of 1901 (12.04).
The numbers of deaths and mortality rates for each quarter of the last two years are
contrasted below, the rates being in italics—
1903. 1902. '
First Quarter 522 14.35 736 20.35
Second „ 455 12.51 476 13.16
1903. 1902.
Third Quarter 442 12.15 418 11.56
Fourth „ 499 13.72 522 13.40
In Table 15 the local mortality rates for 1903, obtained from the Registrar-General's
Quarterly Reports, are compared with those for the whole Metropolis and the districts
immediately adjacent to the Borough, and in Table 16 the local rates (Departmental figures)
are compared with rates for the different parts of the whole country.
I he Borough death-rate from all causes (13.20) stands third on the list (Table 15), lower
rates being recorded in Hampstead (9.94) and Willesden (12.07). The highest rate was that
of St. Marylebone (16*36). As regards mortality from the diseases mentioned, the Borough is
also third in each case. As regards Infantile Mortality, it is fourth, lower rates being recorded
in St. Marylebone (95), Hampstead (87), and Willesden (117), but the Marylebone rate is
lowered by the excessive number of births at the Oueen Charlotte Hospital.†
* The numbers of deaths in each of the eleven years 1893-1903, are given in Table II. Appendix.
† The Medical Officer of Health of Marylebone gives the mortality rate as 142 per 1,000 births, after correcting
births and deaths for non-residents, &c., which places the local rate third in order.