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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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8 DEATHS.
nett mortality was 13.46 per 1,000 persons, as compared with 12.40 in 1906, and a mean
rate of 14.57 for the decennium. (Table I, Appendix.) Comparing the numbers of deaths
of residents of the individual Wards for 1906 and 1907 (Table II., Appendix) it is found that
more deaths occurred last year in all the Wards except Church and Hyde Park, while a
comparison of between last year's returns and those for the five years 1902-06 shows that
lower totals were recorded last year in Oueen's Park, Church, Lancaster Gate, East, and
Hyde Park Wards. (Same Table.)
In Table 8 the nett mortality rates, distinguishing the sexes, for the Borough and its
Wards are set out, together with the mean rates for the five years 1902-06. The highest
Ward rate for the past year was that of Church Ward (16.86) but that was 0.79 below
the rate for 1906. The lowest rate last year was that of Lancaster Gate, East, Ward
(8.08) which was, however, 0.89 above the rate for that Ward in the preceding year, when
the lowest rate was that of Lancaster Gate, West, Ward (6.87).
TABLE 8.
| Deaths. All causes, all ages. 1907. | Mortality rates per 1,000 individuals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907. | 1902.06. | ||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | |
| Queen s Park | |||||||||
| Harrow Road | |||||||||
| Maida Yale | |||||||||
| Westbourne | |||||||||
| Church | |||||||||
| Lancaster Gate, West | |||||||||
| Lancaster Gate, East | |||||||||
| Hyde Park | |||||||||
The mortality rates for the Borough and its Wards, in six age-groups for each sex, are
given in Table 9, contrasted with the mean rates for each group for the years 1902-06. It
will suffice to direct attention to the fact that among males in the Borough as a whole, there
were increases last year in all the age-group rates except that for "0-1 year," while among
females, increased rates were recorded in two groups only, viz., "1-5" and "65-." Although
not recognised as a safe criterion of infantile mortality, the lower rates for the youngest age
(0-1 year) which were recorded in nearly every Ward, may be regarded as satisfactory.
The mass of figures contained in Table 9 is too intricate for a complete understanding
of their import without lengthy comment. By means of correction factors, based on the
populations of the different districts and the average mortality in England and Wales during
the decennium 1891-1900, the information set out in detail in the Table referred to can be