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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS.
From the local public institutions 780 deaths were recorded, 37 deaths more than in
1903. The numbers of deaths in all the institutions, except the Lock Hospital, were in excess
of the averages. (Sec Table III., Appendix.) In addition to these deaths, 21 deaths occurred
in nursing homes in the Borough, 8 more than in the preceding year. The 801 deaths
included 365 of non-residents, while of the 173 deaths of residents recorded outside the
Borough 154 occurred in public institutions. The nett total of deaths of residents in such
institutions was 582, compared with 564 in 1903, and 593 in 1902. The deaths in institutions
constituted 28.8 per cent. of all deaths, the proportions in 1903 and 1902 having been 29.4
and 27.5 respectively. The principal causes of death are tabulated in Table IIIa , Appendix.
The proportions in the different Wards were (figures for 1903 in parentheses):—
| Queen's Park | 20.0 (34.5) | Church | 35.4 (35.1) |
| Harrow Road | 28.8 (24.0) | Lancaster Gate, West | 22.0 (25.4) |
| Maida Vale | 27.3 (27.0) | Lancaster Gate, East | 19.6 (15.0) |
| Westbourne | 27.0 (20.7) | Hyde Park | 25.9 (31.1) |
The highest proportion has hitherto always been in Church Ward, and the lowest in
Lancaster Gate West Ward.
* Proportions for 1903 thus.
The 582 deaths have been distributed according to the following classification of institutions
| Metropolitan Asylums Board's Hospitals | 27 (26)* equal to 1.2 (1.3) per cent. of all deaths. | |
| Workhouses and Infirmaries | 321 (311) „ „ 15.9 (10.2) | |
| Lunatic Asylums | 46 (45) „ „ 2.2 (2.3) | |
| Hospitals and Homes (but not private nursing homes) | 188 (182) „ „ 9.3 (9.4) | |