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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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It has been customary in previous annual reports to make a note of infantile mortality in
special localities. The following is a summary of the results.
Infantile Mortality in Special Areas.
| Areas. | 1927 | Infantile Mortality. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | 1927 | 1926 | 1925 | 1924 | 1923 | |
| Church Ward— | |||||||
| North Wharf | 49 | 2 | 40 | 92 | 59 | 106 | 95 |
| Clarendon Street | 195 | 27 | 138 | 148 | 126 | 160 | 51 |
| Rest of Ward | 157 | 11 | 70 | 67 | |||
| Hall Park | 71 | 5 | 70 | 66 | 87 | 69 | 45 |
| Rest of Ward | 67 | 13 | 194 | 13 | ? | ? | ? |
| Alfred Road | 109 | 18 | 165 | 107 | 58 | 112 | 69 |
| Rest of Ward | 334 | 16 | 48 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 81 |
| Maida Vale Ward— | |||||||
| Amberley Road | 56 | 10 | 178 | 89 | 66 | 59 | 115 |
| Rest of Ward | 309 | 25 | 80 | 86 | 43 | 49 | 76 |
| Queen's Park Ward— | |||||||
| Queen s Park | 108 | 9 | 83 | 53 | 88 | 37 | 94 |
| Rest of Ward | 68 | 7 | 103 | 34 | 89 | 71 | 48 |
| Totals for 6 Areas | 588 | 71 | 120 | 103 | 90 | 100 | 74 |
| Rest of Borough | 1,628 | 105 | 64 | 80 | 65 | 70 | 67 |
The following table, comparing the vital statistics for the metropolitan boroughs, has been supplied by Dr. W. A. Young, Medical Officer of Health for Poplar:—
1927.
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated population to the middle of year. | Births Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Zymotic Deaths Annual rate per 1,000 persons living. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *London | 4,541,000 | 161 | – | 11.9 | 59 |
| Paddington | 142,700 | 15.5 | 0.5 | 13.5 | 79 |
| Kensington | 176,700 | 15.0 | 0.36 | 13.8 | 66 |
| Hammersmith | 132,800 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 61 |
| Fulham | 161,900 | 15.1 | 0.2 | 11.3 | 66 |
| Chelsea | 63,690 | 13.4 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 76 |
| City of Westminster | 136,500 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 68.6 |
| St. Marylebone | 103,500 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 59 |
| Hampstead | 86,160 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 12.2 | 51 |
| St. Pancras | 213,200 | 15.5 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 62 |
| Islington | 334,300 | 18.3 | 0.38 | 12.3 | 53 |
| Stoke Newington | 52,130 | 14.0 | 0.27 | 12.2 | 66 |
| Hackney | 224,700 | 15.7 | 0.46 | 11.6 | 64 |
| Holborn | 42,209 | 11.96 | 0.14 | 12.5 | 38 |
| Finsbury | 75,500 | 19.2 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 50 |
| City of London | 13,010 | 8.7 | 0.23 | 11.5 | 10.5 |
| Shoreditch | 105,700 | 20.6 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 74 |
| Bethnal Green | 119,900 | 19.6 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 57.7 |
| Stepney | 251,580 | 18.1 | 0.5 | 11.6 | 68 |
| Poplar | 167,000 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 11.8 | 66 |
| Southwark | 184,250 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 13.4 | 61 |
| Bermondsey | 121,000 | 18.5 | 0.37 | 12.9 | 67 |
| Lambeth | 307,700 | 16.2 | 0.39 | 12.4 | 50.5 |
| Battersea | 169,000 | 16.6 | 0.3 | 12.2 | 53.5 |
| Wandsworth | 342,700 | 13.53 | 0.25 | 11.3 | 51 |
| Camberwell | 271,100 | 15.6 | – | 11.4 | 52 |
| Deptford | 113,800 | 16.8 | 0.3 | 11.5 | 5 |
| Greenwich | 101,920 | 16.2 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 53 |
| Lewisham | 188,600 | 15.1 | 0.15 | 11.0 | 46 |
| Woolwich | 140,770 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 42 |
*The provisional figures relating to London were supplied by the Registrar-General. Other figures supplied by
Medical Officers of Health.