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Paddington 1914

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

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BIRTHS.

Table: TABLE 1. Meteorological Elements.

TABLE 1. Meteorological Elements.

Year.Month.Means at 9 a.m.Extreme Temperatures.Rainfall.Sunshine.
Barometer: reduced to sea level.ThermometerShade.Sun. Max.Grass. Min.Total depth.No. of days of fall.Bright Sunshine registered.No. of days of record.
Dry bulb.Wet bulb.
Maximum.Minimum.
InchesDeg.Deg.Deg.Date.Deg.Date.Deg.Deg.InchesHrs.Mins.
1914.January30.1437.637.254.69th20.024th70.918.00.558114812
February29.7544.143.158.014th29.027th97.026.02.4714571821
March29.6044.342.765.031st29.011th115.026.04.3524724820
April30.0853.650.074.021st35.026th120.032.00.7881922729
May30.0856.852.881.022nd37.010&26129.034.01.5692003128
June30.0262.658.385.029th40.08th136.538.01.28122634129
July29.8665.261.692.01st49.027th138.043.51.35131785830
August30.0365.361.782.024&2948.08&18124.041.01.16111741728
September30.0959.956.780.07th37.030th124.032.01.0691793630
October29.9753.051.666.03rd36.028th106.029.51.2812570525
November29.8645.444.661.05th30.521st88.025.03.6018442021
December29.6542.241.655.07th28.530th76.024.06.4523265623
Totals...........................25.891611,45945296
Means29.9252.550.1..............................
Highest.........92.0July......138.0...............
Lowest...............20.0Jan....18.0............
1913.Totals...........................22.521561,20704278
Means29.9651.349.3..............................
Highest.........84.0June......125.0...............
Lowest...............27.0Jan....19.0............
Feb.
Mar.
Dec.
1912.Totals...........................27.761581,2424251
Means29.9150.547.9..............................
Highest.........88.0July......130.0...............
Lowest...............18.0Feb....10.0............
1911.Totals...........................25.341431,6444267
Means29.9951.549.3..............................
Highest.........96.0Aug.......134.0..................
Lowest...............22.0Feb....12.0............
1910.Totals...........................25.921681,24922277
Means29.8949.346.6..............................
Highest.........82.0June......120.0...............
Lowest...............19.5Jan....17.0............
1909.Totals...........................27.081921,4607273
Means29.9648.746.1..............................
Highest.........85.5Aug.......124.0...............
Lowest...............19.0Mar....14.0............

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BIRTHS.
During the year 2,708 births were registered in the Borough, comprising 1/399 of males, 1,308
of females, and 1 of a child whose sex was not determinable. For the sake of convenience the
last-mentioned birth has throughout this report been included with the figures relating to males.
The crude birth-rate was 19.06 per 1,000 persons, as compared with a rate of 19.58 in 1913, and
an average for the five years (1909-13) of 19.89. There were 35 twin births—10 less than in