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Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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cancer. 41
(0.99 and 0.71 respectively). The reduction was due to the lower rate in St. John's
Sub-District (0.83, 1905; 1.43, 1904). Last year's mortality for the Borough was but slightly
in excess of the decennial mean rate (0.97), but just below the mean for the five years
1900-04 (1.02). A full comparison is given below:—
Cancer: Death-rates Per 1,000 persons.
| 1905 | Mean Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-99 | 1900-1904 | 1895-1904 | ||
| Borough | 1.01 | 0.93 | 1.02 | 0.97 |
| St. Mary | 1.07 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.99 |
| St. John | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.97 |
| North-West Paddington | 0.95 | 0.71 | 1.11 | 0.91 |
The rates (per 1,000 persons of all ages) recorded last year in the different Wards of the
Borough ranged from 0.69 in Church Ward to 1.42 in Maida Vale. The disease (or diseases)
being so specially peculiar to old age, the foregoing rates are of but slight value. In
Table 27 the rates have been corrected for sex-age composition of the populations.
TABLE 27.
Cancer: Death-rates
| Wards of Borough. | Standard. | 1905. | Mean Corrected. 1901-04. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded. | Corrected. | |||
| Queen's Park | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.11 |
| Harrow Road | 0.88 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 0.85 |
| Maida Vale | 1.01 | 1.42 | 1.22 | 0.89 |
| Westbourne | 1.17 | 1.08 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| Church | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 1.04 |
| Lancaster Gate (West) | 1.02 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 1.03 |
| Lancaster Gate (East) | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.64 |
| Hyde Park | 1.07 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.96 |
TABLE 28.
Cancer: Death-rates.
| District. | Standard. | 1905. | Mean Corrected. 1901-04. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded. | Corrected. | |||
| London | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.98 |
| Paddington | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.91 |
| Kensington | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.81 | 0.84 |
| Westminster | 0.96 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.88 |
| Marylebone | 0.99 | 1.20 | 1.06 | 0.96 |
| Hampstead | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 1.00 |
| Willesden | 0.71 | 0.83 | 1.02 | 1.01 |