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Paddington 1923

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

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general summary. 43

Table: TABLE 1. G eneral S ummary.

TABLE 1. G eneral S ummary.

Year.Estimated Population.Births.Deaths at All Ages.Deaths under One Year.
Registered Locally.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Gross Mortality.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Nett.
Out.In.Totals.Rates.Out.In.Totals.Mortality.Number.MortalityTotals.Mortality.
1913142,2292,832552423,01920.872,07114.334073151,97913.68342121305101
1914142,0872,708492742,93320.641,89213.313473501,89513.3331211528196
1915131,3972,506592672,71420.652,30417.533703522,28617.39343137319117
1916T142,1692,378613722,68918.91..................28912125394
C136,668...............1,92414.723703261,88014.38
1917T136,5611,834773342,09115.31...............290158273135
C122,507...............1,99716.303213742,05016.73
1918T131,6731,7981183372,01715.31..................266148235116
C117,517...............1,99917.013455952,24919.13
1919T149,9412,0161544542,31615.44..................21310521291
C143,938...............1,49910.413107251,91413.29
1920T150,1283,1812514833,41322.73..................2798726678
C149,673...............1,66711.133704101,70711.40
1921145,6002,6532965022,85919.631,78412.253723461,75812.0730711526392
1922145,3002,5572884622,73118.791,92913.273653241,88812.992248818969
1923146,2002,4102754852,62017.921,74311.923383171,72211.772078618069

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"X"—Total; "C"—Civil.
Census 1921.
Area of Borough (stat. acres), 1,356-1, including waterways,
20.0 acres.
Total population, 144,261 persons. Density of population,
106 per acre.
Total number of buildings containing dwellings 17,153
(a) Dwellings occupied by non-private
families 435
Population inhabiting the same 11,200
(b) Dwellings occupied by private families 38,320
(Including, vacant census night, 938).
Population enumerated in occupied
dwellings 131,351
Occupying 141,959 rooms averaging
1.08 persons per room, or 0.92
room per person.
Annual. Movement: Natural Increment.
July-June, 1921-22 979 persons.
1922-23 955
Parliamentary Voters: Autumn Register.
Males. Females.
1921 26,505 30,912
1922 26,611 31,043
1923 27,070 31,779
Rateable Value, £1,551,861.
Penny Rate (1923) =£6,137.

Table: TABLE 2.

TABLE 2.

Wards.
Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida ValeWest-bourne.Church.Lancaster West.Gate, East.Hyde Park.
Population.
191116,11227,05820,83123,46025,0509,1468,00712,887
192115,75427,51222,10024,10224,9529,5338,16112,147
Births: Corrected.
19182005012983534545553103
19192745263453844927864153
19203417705276237619795199
19212945624665516329279183
19222745514234906349778184
Averages 1918-222765824124805958474164
19232445124475146538447169
Deaths: Persons, all Ages.
19182444343574064659796150
19192313622853703488793138
19201853162563283477877120
192117834328234931410165126
19221913522913453909384142
Averages 1918-222063612943593749183135
19231713372853173219375123
Infantile Mortality.*
1918701039712116010975136
1919958178132101137859
192058578590945112665
192168677311411513012671
19225850688783825143
Means 1918-22697280109111779175
19237853837871362159

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* Rates per 1,000 births (corrected).