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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 6. Birth-rates. Per 1,000 females (15-45) of each class.
| All Births. Married Females. | Legitimate Births. Married Females. | Illegitimate Births. Unmarried Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 1901 | 203.77 | 195.70 | 4.56 |
| 1902 | 199.38 | 190.39 | 5.12 | |
| 1903 | 198.08 | 189.74 | 4.75 | |
| London | 1901 | 236.66 | 217.99 | 7.41 |
| 1902 | 232.40 | 224.09 | 7.16 | |
| 1903 | 232.11 | 223.72 | 7.18 | |
| Kensington | 1901 | 199.17 | 190.10 | 3.74 |
| 1902 | 191.98 | 183.12 | 3.65 | |
| 1903 | 195.33 | 187.05 | 3.41 | |
| Westminster | 1901 | 168.63 | ? | ? |
| 1902 | 172.47 | 159.55 | 4.82 | |
| 1903 | 160.00 | 150.13 | 4.87 | |
| Marylebone | 1901 | 257.39 | ? | |
| 1902 | 194.72 | |||
| 1903 | 186.56 | ? | ||
| Hampstead | 1901 | 177.63 | ? | |
| 1902 | 175.70 | 171.18 | 1.73 | |
| 1903 | 165.52 | 160.74 | 1.83 | |
| Willesden | 1901 | 226.34 | 223.45 | 3.18 |
| 1902 | 225.95 | 223.18 | 3.05 | |
| 1903 | 224.73 | 219.93 | 5.30 | |
The numbers of births used in this table are those given in the local annual reports as registered in the
respective districts—except that the totals for Marylebone have been corrected for non-resident
births in Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
[Since the last paragraph was written the Registrar-General's Annual Summary for 1904
has been published. In it is included a review of the birth-rates of the Metropolis calculated
in the way set out above. The appended table is an abbreviation of the table given in the
Summary.
Birth-rates, London. Per 1,000 individuals of each class.
| Total Births. | Legitimate Births. | Illegitimate Births. Unmarried and Widowed females 15—45 years. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population. | All females Aged 15-45 years. | Married females 15-45 years. | |||
| Mean-rates. | 1870-72 | 35.2 | 134.0 | 269.9 | 10.3 |
| 1880-82 | 34.8 | 133.3 | 272.6 | 9.8 | |
| 1890-92 | 31.1 | 118.5 | 250.4 | 8.1 | |
| 1900-02 | 28.9 | 105.8 | 227.6 | 6.9 | |
| 1903 | 28.5 | 103.9 | 223.7 | 6.8 | |
| 1904 | 27.9 | 101.9 | 218.9 | 7.0 | |
If the mean rates for 1870-72 be taken as 100 in each case, the rates for last year would
be 79, 76, 81, and 68 respectively—thus showing that the legitimate birth-rate has decreased
by 19 per cent., and the illegitimate by 32 per cent. Having regard to the increase in the
number of women of child-bearing ages now living, the fall in the birth-rate recorded last
year from the standard of 1870-72, represents a loss of nearly 37,000 new lives in the
Metropolis alone.]