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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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 Wales | 694,897 | 48,503 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 69 | 77 | 83 |
London | 78,825 | 5,008 | 64 | 67 | 69 | 61 | 75 | 81 |
Paddington | 2,248 | 194 | 86 | 72 | 78 | 69 | 69 | 92 |
Wards— | ||||||||
Queens Park | 200 | 9 | 45 | 88 | 50 | 78 | 58 | 68 |
Harrow Road | 404 | 42 | 104 | 66 | 87 | 53 | 50 | 67 |
Maida Vale | 356 | 31 | 87 | 50 | 50 | 83 | 68 | 73 |
Town | 136 | 5 | 37 | 91 | 115 | 71 | 83 | 115 |
Church | 426 | 46 | 108 | |||||
Westbourne | 442 | 38 | 86 | 69 | 82 | 78 | 87 | 114 |
Lancaster Gate, West | 61 | 7 | 115 | 52 | 49 | 36 | 82 | 130 |
Lancaster Gate, East | 73 | 8 | 109 | 50 | 93 | 21 | 51 | 126 |
Hyde Park | 150 | 8 | 53 | 74 | 24 | 59 | 43 | 7 |
Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1926.
Period. | England and Wales. | London. | Paddington |
---|---|---|---|
1896-1900 | 156 | 162 | 161 |
1901-1905 | 138 | 139 | 128 |
1906-1910 | 117 | 114 | 104 |
1911-1915 | 109 | 110 | 108 |
1916 | 91 | 89 | 94 |
1917 | 96 | 104 | 135 |
1918 | 97 | 108 | 116 |
1919 | 89 | 85 | 91 |
1920 | 80 | 75 | 78 |
1921 | 83 | 80 | 92 |
1922 | 77 | 74 | 69 |
1923 | 69 | 60 | 69 |
1924 | 75 | 69 | 78 |
1925 | 75 | 67 | 72 |
1926 | 70 | 64 | 86 |