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Paddington 1907

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

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36
MORTALITY OF CHILDHOOD.

Table: TABLE 26.Infantile MortalityIn Special Insulæ.

TABLE 26.

Infantile Mortality

In Special Insulæ.

Infantile Mortality.
Births.Deaths, 0—1.1907.1906.1905.
"Hall Park"14015107221196
"North Wharf"95994141150
"Alfred Road"14419132115146
"Amberley Road"849107153192
"Clarendon Street"30855146151165
"Queen's Park"312309689134

Table: If the data for the insulæbe deducted from the figures for the Wards in which theinsidæare situated(see below)three out of the four "remainder" rates for 1906 are found to be lower than those for 1905, and in the case of the fourth the increase is only 2 per 1,000. In three out of the four Wards higher total rates were recorded last year than in 1906.

If the data for the insulæbe deducted from the figures for the Wards in which theinsidæare situated(see below)three out of the four "remainder" rates for 1906 are found to be lower than those for 1905, and in the case of the fourth the increase is only 2 per 1,000. In three out of the four Wards higher total rates were recorded last year than in 1906.

Ward Rate.ExcludingRemainder Ward Rate.
Church1907146"Hall Park"89
1906128"North Wharf"87
"Clarendon Street"
Westbourne1907100"Alfred Road"86
1906121125
Maida Vale1907108"Amberley Road"79
190610798
Queen's Park1907105"Queen's Park"129
190692176

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An analysis of the deaths at ages under one year, following the form required by the
Local Government Board, is to be found in Table VII., Appendix. To the Board's form have
been added columns for the average numbers of deaths from each cause during 1902-06, and
an extra line for the averages according to ages of the deceased. The most striking items
of that table are the increase in the numbers of male children dying at ages under one
month; the decrease in the number of deaths (both sexes) from diarrhœa; and the increase
in the deaths (of males) from premature birth. Those points can be best brought out by
condensing the Table separately for (a) ages, and (b) under causes.
Ages at Death.—In comparison with the averages for 1902-06, last year's numbers of
deaths under one month show a debit balance of 17 lives of boys and a gain of 7 of girls.
As regards boys, the deaths during the year in the third week of life were equal to the
average, but those in the other weeks, above the averages; while as regards girls, all the
weeks show reductions. The deaths of boys in the second and third months of life were
above the averages, but after that age below, except in the fifth month, when the number
for last year was equal to the average. In the case of girls, the deaths during the year were
above the averages in the second and third months of life only.