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Paddington 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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STATISTICS OF CHILDHOOD.
Mortality Rates: Persons. Per 1,000 Births.
| Queen.s Park | Harrow Road | Maida Vale | West-bourne | Church | Lancaster Gate | Hyde Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | East | |||||||
| 1909-13 | 99 | 87 | 92 | 116 | 141 | 68 | 61 | 91 |
| 1914-18 | 95 | 89 | 100 | 118 | 150 | 73 | 59 | 93 |
| 1919 | 95 | 81 | 78 | 132 | 101 | 13 | 78 | 59 |
| 1920 | 58 | 57 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 51 | 126 | 65 |
| 1921 | 68 | 68 | 73 | 114 | 116 | 130 | 126 | 71 |
In the two following tabulations the mortality rates for the two sexes are compared,
analysed by ages and causes of death.
Mortality Rates: Borough. Per 1,000 Births.
| Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages at Death. | 1914-18 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1914-18 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
| Under 1 day | 12.7 | 16.9 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 9.8 |
| „ 1 week | 24.1 | 29.6 | 26.3 | 31.3 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 23.3 | 16.1 |
| „ 1 month | 41.4 | 51.6 | 33.6 | 47.4 | 32.9 | 21.1 | 34.4 | 23.8 |
| 0-3 months | 65.8 | 75.4 | 53.1 | 64.8 | 52.4 | 45.7 | 46.7 | 39.2 |
| 3-6 „ | 21.2 | 20.3 | 15.7 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 12.6 |
| 6-9 „ | 16.6 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 21.6 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 11.6 | 8.4 |
| 9-12 „ | 16.1 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Mortality Rates: Borough. Per 1,000 Births.
| Causes of Death. | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-18 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1914-18 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | |
| Group I. | 8.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 9.1 | — | 6.1 | 2.8 |
| II. | 23.2 | 22.8 | 16.7 | 31.3 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 11.0 | 21.0 |
| „ III. | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | — |
| „ IV. | 41.8 | 50.0 | 36.9 | 44.6 | 32.4 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 21.7 |
| „ v. | 31.7 | 27.1 | 21.8 | 29.2 | 25.1 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 12.6 |
| Other Causes | 10.6 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 7.0 |
*See also Table XIX., for diseases included in these groups.
Hopeless Births .—Seventy-seven (77) births fell in this category last year, as compared
with 102 in 1920 and 64 in 1919. These infants constituted 2.9 per cent. of all infants born
within the Borough during the year, the proportions for the two preceding years being 3.1
per cent. in 1919 and 3.2 in 1920. During 1909-13 the percentage was 3.2, that during
1914-18 2.7. The 77 deaths included 7 of illegitimate children. Premature birth was the
assigned cause of death in 42 instances, congenital defects—including 4 of the heart and 1
"monster"—of 6—the full total falling within the category of "Development Diseases being 60,
38 of males and 22 of females. Twenty-nine of the deaths took place in local institutions,
and 3 formed the subjects of inquests. Twenty-five of the infants died within 24 hours of
birth.
Special Areas.—In the six Areas presenting characteristics of housing, etc., which
differentiate them markedly from the rest of the Borough, the infantile mortality was at the
rate of 109 per 1,000 births, the rate for the Rest of the Borough being 86. During the
quinquennium 1914-18 the mortality in those Areas was 140, that in the Rest of the Borough
95. The rates recorded in each of the last five years are set out below.
Applied to infants whose deaths are registered before or simultaneously with their births.