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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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18 DEATHS.
TABLE 11. Deaths: Mortality Rates, Paddington.
| Mortality (per 1,000 of estimated population). | Deaths—Corrected. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | ||||||||
| 1912. | 1911. | 1907.11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1910. | 1912. | 1911. | 1910. | |
| Borough | 13.51 | 13.51 | 927 | 868 | 958 | 927 | |||
| Queen.s Park | 13.74 | 13.18 | 119 | 97 | 102 | 101 | |||
| Harrow Road | 13.76 | 14.08 | 173 | 195 | 199 | 197 | |||
| Maida Vale | 12.92 | 12.96 | 136 | 115 | 135 | 130 | |||
| Westbourne | 15.22 | 14.01 | 186 | 144 | 171 | 149 | |||
| Church | 16.35 | 17.75 | 197 | 219 | 211 | 221 | |||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 6.98 | 7.14 | 26 | 20 | 38 | 34 | |||
| Do. East | 7.99 | 7.40 | 32 | 19 | 32 | 35 | |||
| Hyde Park | 9.95 | 10.71 | 58 | 59 | 70 | 60 | |||
TABLE 12. Deaths. Sex-age Distribution.
| Ages. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1912 | 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | |
| 0— | 209 | 164 | 165 | 198 | 219 | 178 | 130 | 146 | 150 | 135 | ||
| 1 — | 83 | 97 | 69 | 86 | 113 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 87 | ||
| 5— | 35 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 32 | 24 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 25 | ||
| 15— | 23 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 33 | ||
| 25— | 373 | 319 | 399 | 376 | 384 | 331 | 335 | 367 | 354 | 348 | ||
| 65 and upwards | 228 | 227 | 236 | 225 | 236 | 338 | 328 | 396 | 340 | 366 | ||
TABLE 13. Mortality Rates.*
| London. | Paddington. | Kensington. | Westminster. | St. Marylebone. | Hampstead. | Willesden. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | 1912 | 1907.11 | |
| All Causes | 13.52 | 14.70 | 13.33 | 12.96 | 13.65 | 12 35 | 12.74 | 13.79 | 14.74 | 9.79 | 9.63 | 10 03 | 11.35 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | -_ | -_ | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | |
| Measles | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.30 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.08 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.15 | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 017 | 0.33 | |
| Enteric Fever | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0 04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |
| 12.42 | ? | 11.12 | 16.18 | ? | 11.59 | ? | 0.78 | ? | — | — | ||||
| 1 .34 | 1.34 | 1.09 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.34 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.86 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 0.31 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.34 | |
| 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 1.38 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.27 | 1.19 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.83 | ||
| Infantile Mortality— | ||||||||||||||
| Nett | 90 | 113 | 114 | 98 | 127 | 93 | 105 | 93 | 103 | 64 | 75 | 84 | 102 | |
| Corrected | 91 | 114 | 107 | 91 | 120 | 84 | 97 | 93 | 103 | 62 | 70 | ? | ? | |
* Per 1,000 estimated persons of all ages except Diarrhœa and Infantile Mortality (per 1,000 births).