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Paddington 1926

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

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1926 there were 2,248 births and 194 deaths of children under the age of twelve
months in the Borough. These figures give an infantile mortality-rate (deaths of infants under
12 months to each 1,000 births) of 86.

The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1926 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1921 to 1925 are given for comparison.

1926.Infantile Mortality-rates.
No. of Births.No. of Deaths of children under 1 year.Infantile Mortality rate.1925.1924.1923.1922.1921.
England and Wales694,89748,503707575697783
London78,8255,008646769617581
Paddington2,248194867278696992
Wards—
Queens Park2009458850785868
Harrow Road404421046687535067
Maida Vale35631875050836873
Town136537911157183115
Church42646108
Westbourne442388669827887114
Lancaster Gate, West61711552493682130
Lancaster Gate, East73810950932151126
Hyde Park150853742459437

Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1926.

Period.England and Wales.London.Paddington
1896-1900156162161
1901-1905138139128
1906-1910117114104
1911-1915109110108
1916918994
191796104135
191897108116
1919898591
1920807578
1921838092
1922777469
1923696069
1924756978
1925756772
1926706486