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Paddington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The following table provides an analysis of the causes of deaths of infants under the age 12 months in 1927.
Infantile Mortality in Paddington.—1927.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Rate per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 35 | 32 | 40 | 17 | 176 | 79.42 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 9.02 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.45 | |
| – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6.77 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 2 | – | – | 49 | 22.11 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 91 | 41.07 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 15 | 6.77 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1.35 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 0.46 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.45 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0.45 | |
| – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.45 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 2.26 | |
| – | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 23.47 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 0.45 | |
| 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6.77 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | 12 | |||
| 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 10 | 4.51 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 17 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | ||||
| – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1.80 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 1 | – | 2 | 24 | 10.83 |
Nett Births in the Year legitimate 1,981
Illegitimate 235
Legitimate Infants 142.
Nett Deaths in the Year legitimate Infants 34.
Note.—The numbers given in brackets after certain causes of death indicate the numbers of the corresponding
headings in the Detailed International List of Causes of Death, 1920.