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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The following table shows the deaths and death-rates during each of the last five years in England and Wales, in London, in Paddington and in each of the wards of the Borough
1929 | Death-rates. | ||||||
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No. of Deaths. | Death-rates. | 1928 | 1927 | 1926 | 1925 | 1924 | |
England and Wales | 532,525 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
London | 61,710 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
Paddington | 2,211 | 15.48 | 13.03 | 13.56 | 12.65 | 12.10 | 13.11 |
Wards— Queen's Park | 182 | 11.67 | 11.22 | 12.12 | 12.10 | 11.39 | 11.94 |
Harrow Road | 407 | 14.94 | 11.88 | 13.04 | 12.58 | 10.80 | 12.57 |
Maida Vale | 308 | 14.08 | 14.56 | 14.68 | 14.37 | 11.84 | 12.43 |
Town | 123 | 16.65 | 11.98 | 16.94 | 11.60 | 14.73 | 15.79 |
Church | 357 | 20.61 | 15.27 | 15.60 | 16.92 | ||
Westbourne | 407 | 17.06 | 15.45 | 13.92 | 12.64 | 13.99 | 15.16 |
Lancaster Gate, West | 128 | 13.56 | 10.21 | 9.33 | 11.04 | 10.28 | 10.54 |
Lancaster Gate, East | 110 | 13.61 | 10.71 | 11.39 | 7.71 | 9.25 | 9.90 |
Hyde Park | 189 | 15.72 | 11.61 | 13.64 | 9.55 | 10.57 | 11.68 |
The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—
DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.
1881-1885 | 16.23 |
1886-1890 | 16.19 |
1891-1895 | 17.17 |
1896-1900 | 15.51 |
1901-1905 | 15.33 |
1906-1910 | 14.52 |
1911-1915 | 14.06 |
1916-1920 | 14.62 |
1921-1925 | 12.41 |
1926 | 12.65 |
1927 | 13.56 |
1928 | 13.03 |
1929 | 15.48 |
Deaths in Institutions, 1929.
Local. | Total | Nonresidents. | |
Paddington Infirmary | 713 | 28 | |
St. Mary's Hospital | 313 | 230 | |
Paddington Green Children's Hospital | 68 | 49 | |
Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital) | 5 | 5 | |
St. Luke's Hospital | 155 | 140 | |
Deduct Non-residents | 1,254 452 | 452 | |
802 |
Outlying.
Paddingion Residents. | |
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Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board (excluding Tuberculosis Hospitals) | 30 |
Poor Law Institutions | 33 |
Lunatic Asylums | 70 |
Voluntary Hospitals (General) | 102 |
Hospitals (Special, including Sanatoria.) | 84 |
319 | |
Total Deaths of Paddington residents in institutions | 1,121 |