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Paddington 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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phthisis.
All the corrected rates were below the standard rates, indicating that the mortality in
the districts selected is lower than that prevailing in the Metropolis as a whole. Such
diminution is doubtless due to the operation of several causes, among which may be cited the
efforts of the Borough Councils to improve sanitary conditions of the districts, and (possibly)
the special work recently inaugurated to check the spread of infection.

Table: TABLE 22. Phthisis.

TABLE 22. Phthisis.

District.CENSUS, 1901.Death-rates.
Persons per Acre.Percentage of total Population.
"Overcrowded."Living in homes of less than 5 rooms.Standard Rate.Corrected Rates.
1904.Mean 1901.03.
London6116.054.01.741.611.60
Paddington10C13.650.91.801.151.03
Kensington7714.841.71.781.391.26
Westminster7313.045'71.951.371.59
Marylebone9021.155.61.851.561.52
Hampstead366.429.61.750.820.82
Willesden2111.650.71.651.110.90

Table: TABLE 23. Phthisis.

TABLE 23. Phthisis.

Wards.Percentage of total Population, 1901.Death-rates.
"Overcrowded."Living in homes of less than 5 rooms.1904.Mean Corrected Rate 1901.03.
Standard.Recorded.Corrected.
Queen's Park9.151.71.731.431.421.14
Harrow Road11.575.51.771.010.990.95
Maida Vale12.643.41.820.920.881.01
Westbourne13.446.31.801.141.091.41
Church32.861.31.681.481.521.70
Lancaster Gate— West2.615.21.840.470.440.37
East2.116.21.840.760.710.35
Hyde Park5.225.31.881.080.990.46