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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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MORTALITY OF CHILDHOOD.
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TABLE 25.
Infantile Mortality.
Births and Deaths fully corrected.
| Infantile Mortality. | Proportional Mortality. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Persons. | |||||||||
| 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | 1907. | 1906. | 1905. | |
| Borough | 131 | 115 | 128 | 87 | 99 | 109 | 110 | 107 | 118 | 126 | 160 | 214 |
| Queen's Park | 115 | 96 | 164 | 92 | 87 | 76 | 105 | 92 | 122 | 120 | 137 | 221 |
| Harrow Road | 137 | 90 | 116 | 75 | 58 | 113 | 106 | 75 | 115 | 121 | 112 | 209 |
| Maida Vale | 118 | 145 | 116 | 96 | 69 | 124 | 108 | 107 | 120 | 124 | 160 | 218 |
| Westbourne | 102 | 123 | 111 | 98 | 120 | 120 | 100 | 121 | 112 | 114 | 180 | 203 |
| Church | 154 | 140 | 151 | 99 | 155 | 141 | 128 | 146 | 146 | 147 | 218 | 265 |
| Lancaster Gate, West | 97 | 62 | 83 | 64 | 32 | 28 | 83 | 48 | 55 | 95 | 72 | 100 |
| „ East | 125 | 86 | 41 | 60 | 83 | 71 | 92 | 85 | 55 | 105 | 126 | 100 |
| Hyde Park | 163 | 103 | 130 | 47 | 154 | 41 | 107 | 126 | 86 | 123 | 188 | 156 |
| Lancaster Gate, East and West | 109 | 75 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 51 | 87 | 67 | 55 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Ratios of rates (persons) Lancaster Gate Wards,
1905: 1906: 1907:=: 100: 121: 158.
From the figures in Table 25, it will be seen that last year's rates for males were
uniformly in excess of the rates for 1906, except in Westbourne Ward, where a reduction of
21 per 1,000 was recorded. In comparison with 1905, lower rates were recorded in Queen's
Park and Westbourne Wards; higher in all the others. As regards the rates for females,
lower rates were recorded last year than in 1906 in the Borough, Westbourne, Church, and
Hyde Park Wards, while, in comparison with 1905, last year's rates were all lower except in
Queen's Park, Lancaster Gate, West, and Hyde Park Wards. Having regard to the general
characteristics of the Ward, the rates for Church Ward are the most interesting. Last year's
report gave "index numbers" based on the mortality in the two Lancaster Gate Wards.
Similar numbers are given in Table 25, but it has to be remembered that the "standard" has
increased during the three years in the following proportions:—
Ratios of mortality-
Lancaster Gate(East and West) Wards 1905: 1906: 1907=100: 121: 158.
Last year's "index numbers" are much more uniform than were those of 1905.
Before passing to consider the causes of death, &c., attention may be directed to the
mortalities in six selected areas, or insulæ, chosen for their well-defined boundaries and
homogeneous characters. (See Table 26). Comparing last year's rates with those of 1906,
reductions are noted except in "Alfred Road" and "Queen's Park," while all are lower than
those recorded in 1905, some of them markedly so. The reduction in the mortality in
"Clarendon Street" is specially satisfactory, having regard to the labour and time devoted to
that area.