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Paddington 1926

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

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Table: The following table shows the deaths and death-rates during each of the last five years in England and Wales, in London, in Paddington and in each of the wards of the Borough:—

The following table shows the deaths and death-rates during each of the last five years in England and Wales, in London, in Paddington and in each of the wards of the Borough:—

1926.Death-rates.
No. of Deaths.Death-rates.1925.1924.1923.1922.1921.
England and Wales453,79511.612.212.211.612.812 .1
London52,43111.611.712.211.413.512.5
Paddington1,85712.6512.10131111.7712.9912.07
Wards.—
Queen's Park194121011.3911.9410.7112.0311.19
Harrow Road35212.5810.8012.5712.0912.7012.35
Maida Vale32314.3711.8412.4312.7213.0712.64
Town88ll.6014.7315.7912.6915.5112.46
Church30116.92
Westbourne31012.6413.9915.1612.9714.2114.34
Lancaster Gate, West10711.0410.2810.549.629.6810.49
Lancaster Gate, East647.719.259.909.0610.217.89
Hyde Park1189.5510.5711.689.9911.6010.27

Table: The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.

The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—

DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.

1881-188516.23
1886-189016.19
1891-189517.17
1896-190015.51
1901-190515.33
1906-191014.52
1911-191514.06
1916-192014.62
192112.07
192212.99
192311.77
192413.11
192512.10
192612.65

Table: Deaths in Institutions, 1926.

Deaths in Institutions, 1926.

Local.TotalNonresidents.
Paddington Infirmary62732
St. Mary's Hospital249185
Paddington Green Children's Hospital5644
Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital)1413
St. Luke's Hospital185176
1,131450
Deduct Non-residents450
681
Outlying.Paddington Residents.
Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board31
Poor Law Institutions24
Lunatic Asylums59
Voluntary Hospitals (General)86
„ ,, (Special, including Sanatoria57
257
Total Deaths of Paddington residents in institutions938