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Paddington 1908

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

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DEATHS. 11
two below it. In the same two districts the differences between the standard and corrected
rates (4.32 and 5.76 respectively) were greater than in the Borough (3.95). Comparing last
year's corrected rates with the means for 1903.07 a reduction of 0.89 is noted in the Borough
rate, a smaller reduction (0.87) having been recorded in Westminster and an increase of 1.12
in Hampstead.

TABLE 10.

Mortality Rates.

Metropolis and Districts circumjacent to the Borough.

Period.All CausesSmallpox.MeaslesScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric FeverDiar. rhœal Dis.Phthisis.Other Tub. Dis.Cancer.Infantile Mortality.
Paddington190812.240.220.090.100.070.020.331.000.261.20110
1903.0713.220.000.260.070.090.240.040.591.080.401.10120
London190813.77...0.310.110.140.200.040.531.310.511.04112
1903.0715.150.000.410.090.140.320.050.721.470.551.01128
Kensington190812.89...0.170.040.140.030.020.470.970.420.99126
1903.0713.90o.oo0.290.060.090.290.040.571.210.481.00142
Westminster190812.60...0.130.040.090.040.030.241.220.351.15110
1903.0713.34o.oo0.160.060.060.140.040.331.490.370.98117
Marylebone190814.15...0.190.100.100.100.040.301.150.221.22104
1903.0715.56...0.280.10o.1o0.220.030.481.580.401.13126
Hampstead190810.57...0.050.070.050.050.050.120.770.100.8881
1903.079.56...0.120.040.060.120.020.150.740.280.9688
Willesden190810.47...0.360.080.080.080.040.340.760.200.7698
1903.0711.37o.oo0.350.060.100.350.040.630.970.350.95113
Rates per 1,000 persons, except Infantile Mortality, per 1,000 births.

TABLE 11. Corrected Mortality Rates.

Standard Rate.Corrected Rate, 1908.Excess ( + ) Defect ( —)Mean Corrected Rate, 1903.07.Increase (+) Decrease( —)
Borough17.1013.15—3.9514.04—0.89
Queen's Park16.4314.92—1.5115.22—0.30
Harrow Road19.0211.94—7.0812.32—0.38
Maida Vale16.6213.22—3.4014.55—1.33
Westbourne18.9612.56—6.4012.58—0.02
Church17.0316.21—0.8218.41_2.21
Lancaster Gate, West15.019.02—5.999.26—0.24
„ East14.768.09—6.6710.04—1.95
Hyde Park16.1811.60—4.5812.84—1.24
London17.3114.47—2.8415.92—1.45
Kensington17.0513.65—3.4014.83—1.18
Westminster15.4614.81—0.6515.69—0.87
Marylebone16.9315.20—1.7316.71—1.51
Hampstead16.1911.87—4.3210.75+ 1.12
Willesden16.9811.22—5.7612.19—0.97