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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEATHS.
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death-rate of 13.71 per 1,000 persons of all ages, being 0.57 higher than the rate of 1903
(13.14).
The corrected total of deaths comprised 959 of males and 1,055 of females, the corresponding
rates being 15.25 (15. 12)* and 12.56 (11.66). The rate for females was slightly higher
than the mean rate (12.46) for the previous three years; but the other rates were lower. (See
Table 12). The highest rate recorded in the Registration Sub-Districts was that of NortliWest
Paddington, 14.81 (14.OO), and the lowest that in St. John, 10.28 (9.08). Of the Ward
rates that of Queen's Park, 14.81 (14.OO) was the highest, and that of Lancaster Gate
(West) the lowest, 8.06 (6.03).
TABLE 12. Deaths and Death-rates, 1904. All causes, all ages.
| Deaths, 1904. | Death-rates. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904. | Mean-rates, 1901-03. | ||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | |
| Borough | 959 | 1,055 | 2,014 | 15.25 | 12.56 | 13.71 | |||
| St. Mary | 668 | 752 | 1,420 | 15.57 | 14.03 | 14.72 | |||
| St. John | 162 | 183 | 345 | 14.00 | 8.32 | 10.28 | |||
| North-West Paddington. | 129 | 120 | 249 | 15.30 | 14.30 | 14.81 | |||
| Harrow Road | 194 | 208 | 402 | 14.27 | .13.78 | 14.02 | |||
| Maida Vale | 129 | 131 | 260 | 16.62 | 11.27 | 13.42 | |||
| Westbourne | 142 | 168 | 310 | 14.03 | 11.59 | 12.59 | |||
| Church | 220 | 262 | 482 | 17.09 | 18.44 | 17.80 | |||
| Lancaster Gate (West) | 26 | 42 | 68 | 9.14 | 7.50 | 8.06 | |||
| Lancaster Gate (Last) | 30 | 36 | 66 | 13.12 | 6.38 | 8.33 | |||
| Hyde Park | 89 | 88 | 177 | 16.05 | 9.86 | 12.73 | |||
. Identical with Queen's Park Ward.
Table 13 is new, and gives the rates (per 1,000 of each age and sex) in the Borough, the
Registration Sub-Districts and the Wards for each sex in six age groups, the mean rates
for 1901—3 being added for comparison. The majority of the rates for last year were below
the respective mean rates. No deaths occurred at four ages among males (in the three Wards
of South Paddington), and the like number among females. On the other hand the rate for
females aged 5-15 years in Lancaster Gate (East) Ward was 2.89 last year, there having been
no death at these ages during the preceding three years. The rates for females at ages
15-25 and 25-65 in South Paddington Wards are strikingly lower than those for the
northern Wards.
*Rate for 1903 indicated thus.