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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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births.
Borough. The corresponding numbers for the three previous years were: 1901, 40;
1902, 159; and 1903, 163. Of the 163 children born during last year 37 were illegitimate,
as against 46 in 1903, 52 in 1902, and 46 in 1901. Allocating the births according
to the parents' homes, 21 belonged to North-West Paddington, 124 to St. Mary, and 28 to
St. John. The "corrected" numbers of births in the three Sub-Districts were 414, 2,648,
and 406 respectively, giving the following "corrected " birth-rates:—
St. Mary 27.45, St. John 12.09, North-West Paddington 24.62; and for the Borough
23*55. (Compare these rates with those in Table 3).
| Borough. | St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 100 | 89 | 9 | ||
| Females | 104 | 91 | 6 | 7 | |
| Total | 204 | 180 | 15 | 9 | |
| Per cent. of all Births Registered- | 1904 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 1903 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 1902 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 1.8 | |
| 1901 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 3.1 | |
In the whole County the births registered during the year numbered 129,335, or
571 fewer than the total for the previous year, the numbers recorded in all the Adjacent
Districts (Willesden excepted) being also below the returns for 1903. In Willesden
last year's total was 4,319, or 260 above that for the preceding year. The local birth-rate
(calculated per 1,000 persons of all ages) was third in order of magnitude, higher rates
having been recorded in Willesden (32.57) and the County (27.81). (See Table 4).
TABLE 4. Births and Birth-Rates.* 1904.
| Births Registered. | Birth-rates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Per 1,000 persons at all ages. | Per 1,000 females aged 15-45 years. | ||
| Borough | 3,295 | 22.41 | 69.58 |
| London | 129,335 | 27.81 | 101.68 |
| Kensington | 3,450 | 19.24 | 53.43 |
| Westminster | 2,898 | 16.67 | 49.66 |
| Marylebone† | 3,948 | 30.28 | 87.90 |
| Hampstead | 1,431 | 16.49 | 43.58 |
| Willesden | 4,319 | 32.57 | 117.27 |
* From figures published in the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General
† According to the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough the corrected figures for Marylebone are:—
Births 2,791.
Birth-rates 2141 per 1,000 persons; 62.ll per 1,000 females 15—45.