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Paddington 1929

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

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Table: 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

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

1929Death-rates.
No. of Deaths.Death-rates.19281927192619251924
England and Wales532,52513.411.712.311.612.212.2
London61,71013.811.611.911.611.712.2
Paddington2,21115.4813.0313.5612.6512.1013.11
Wards— Queen's Park18211.6711.2212.1212.1011.3911.94
Harrow Road40714.9411.8813.0412.5810.8012.57
Maida Vale30814.0814.5614.6814.3711.8412.43
Town12316.6511.9816.9411.6014.7315.79
Church35720.6115.2715.6016.92
Westbourne40717.0615.4513.9212.6413.9915.16
Lancaster Gate, West12813.5610.219.3311.0410.2810.54
Lancaster Gate, East11013.6110.7111.397.719.259.90
Hyde Park18915.7211.6113.649.5510.5711.68

Table: The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.

The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:—

DEATH-RATES—PADDINGTON.

1881-188516.23
1886-189016.19
1891-189517.17
1896-190015.51
1901-190515.33
1906-191014.52
1911-191514.06
1916-192014.62
1921-192512.41
192612.65
192713.56
192813.03
192915.48

Table: Deaths in Institutions, 1929.

Deaths in Institutions, 1929.

Local.TotalNonresidents.
Paddington Infirmary71328
St. Mary's Hospital313230
Paddington Green Children's Hospital6849
Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital)55
St. Luke's Hospital155140
Deduct Non-residents1,254 452452
802

Table: Outlying.

Outlying.

Paddingion Residents.
Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board (excluding Tuberculosis Hospitals)30
Poor Law Institutions33
Lunatic Asylums70
Voluntary Hospitals (General)102
Hospitals (Special, including Sanatoria.)84
319
Total Deaths of Paddington residents in institutions1,121