Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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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 Wales | 453,795 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 12 .1 |
| London | 52,431 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| Paddington | 1,857 | 12.65 | 12.10 | 1311 | 11.77 | 12.99 | 12.07 |
| Wards.— | |||||||
| Queen's Park | 194 | 1210 | 11.39 | 11.94 | 10.71 | 12.03 | 11.19 |
| Harrow Road | 352 | 12.58 | 10.80 | 12.57 | 12.09 | 12.70 | 12.35 |
| Maida Vale | 323 | 14.37 | 11.84 | 12.43 | 12.72 | 13.07 | 12.64 |
| Town | 88 | ll.60 | 14.73 | 15.79 | 12.69 | 15.51 | 12.46 |
| Church | 301 | 16.92 | |||||
| Westbourne | 310 | 12.64 | 13.99 | 15.16 | 12.97 | 14.21 | 14.34 |
| Lancaster Gate, West | 107 | 11.04 | 10.28 | 10.54 | 9.62 | 9.68 | 10.49 |
| Lancaster Gate, East | 64 | 7.71 | 9.25 | 9.90 | 9.06 | 10.21 | 7.89 |
| Hyde Park | 118 | 9.55 | 10.57 | 11.68 | 9.99 | 11.60 | 10.27 |
The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—
DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.
| 1881-1885 | 16.23 |
| 1886-1890 | 16.19 |
| 1891-1895 | 17.17 |
| 1896-1900 | 15.51 |
| 1901-1905 | 15.33 |
| 1906-1910 | 14.52 |
| 1911-1915 | 14.06 |
| 1916-1920 | 14.62 |
| 1921 | 12.07 |
| 1922 | 12.99 |
| 1923 | 11.77 |
| 1924 | 13.11 |
| 1925 | 12.10 |
| 1926 | 12.65 |
Deaths in Institutions, 1926.
| Local. | Total | Nonresidents. |
|---|---|---|
| Paddington Infirmary | 627 | 32 |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 249 | 185 |
| Paddington Green Children's Hospital | 56 | 44 |
| Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital) | 14 | 13 |
| St. Luke's Hospital | 185 | 176 |
| 1,131 | 450 | |
| Deduct Non-residents | 450 | |
| 681 | ||
| Outlying. | Paddington Residents. | |
| Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board | 31 | |
| Poor Law Institutions | 24 | |
| Lunatic Asylums | 59 | |
| Voluntary Hospitals (General) | 86 | |
| „ ,, (Special, including Sanatoria | 57 | |
| 257 | ||
| Total Deaths of Paddington residents in institutions | 938 | |