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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 2.
Births. Paddington. Corrected as fully as possible.
| All Births. | Illegitimate Births. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrected Totals. | Birth Rates. | Corrected Totals. | Percentage of all Births. | |||||
| Per 1,000 persons. | Per 1,000 females. aged 15-45 years. | |||||||
| 1908. | 1907. | 1908. | 1907. | 1908. | 1907. | |||
| Borough. | 3,296 | 21.48 | 21.43 | 66.73 | 151 | 4.5 | 4.1 | |
| Queen's Park | 455 | 27.27 | 26.45 | 116.85 | 113.36 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| Harrow Road | 858 | 28.13 | 26.91 | 105.49 | 100.96 | 23 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Maida Vale | 427 | 20.72 | 21.19 | 58.61 | 59.96 | 20 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| Westbourne | 505 | 19.29 | 18.42 | 59.23 | 56.56 | 23 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| Church | 739 | 25.80 | 27.58 | 96.54 | 103.70 | 49 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Lancaster Gate, West | 68 | 7.91 | 8.54 | 17.47 | 18.85 | 5 | 7.3 | 4.1 |
| „ East | 65 | 8.06 | 8.21 | 15.80 | 16.10 | 2 | 3.0 | 4.6 |
| Hyde Park | 179 | 12.67 | 12.68 | 30.37 | 30.42 | 11 | 6.1 | 7.9 |
TABLE 3.
Births and Birth-Ratfs.
| Births Registered, 1908* | Birth Rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 1,000 persons. | Per 1,000 females, 15-45 years. | ||||
| 1908. | 1903-07. | 1908. | 1903-07. | ||
| Paddington | 3,148 | 20.46 | 63.35 | ||
| London | 123,844 | 25.33 | 92.57 | ||
| Kensington | 3,360 | 18.03 | 50.05 | ||
| Westminster | 2,674 | 15.38 | 46.73 | ||
| Marylebone | 2,559 | 19.78 | 57.39 | ||
| Hampstead | 1,356 | 14.35 | 38.13 | ||
| Willesden | 4,099 | 25.97 | 93.48 | ||
* From Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General, but the Marylebone total corrected
for births in Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital not belonging to that Borough.