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Paddington 1928

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

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1928 there were 2,177 births and 186 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 85.

The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death·rates for the year 1928 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1923 to 1927 are given for comparison.

1928Infantile Mortality Rates.
No. of Births.No. of Deaths of children under 1 year.Infantile Mortality Rates.19271926192519241923
England and Wales660,26742,693656970757569
London72,3524,829675964676961
Paddington2,177186857986727869
Wards—
Queen's Park1745289145885078
Harrow Road417337949104668753
Maida Vale32627829687505083
Town1261295130379111571
Church402409999108
Westbourne467511097686698278
Lancaster Gate, West4848351109509321
Lancaster Gate, East61582115524936
Hyde Park1569576553742459

Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1928.

Period.England and Wales.London.Paddington.
1896-1900156162161
1901-1905138139128
1906-1910117114104
1911-1915109110108
1916-19209192103
1921-1925767076
1926706486
1927695979
1928656785