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Paddington 1929

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

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1929 there were 2,129 births and 215 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 101.

The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1929 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1924 to 1928 are given for comparison.

1929Infantile Mortality Rates.
No. of Births.No. of Deaths of children under 1 year.Infantile Mortality Rates.19281927192619251924
England and Wales644,21847,601746569707575
London70,0904,936706759646769
Paddington2,1292151018579867278
Wards— Queen's Park1607442891458850
Harrow Road407297179491046687
Maida Vale33322668296875050
Town12218147951303791115
Church407671649999108
Westbourne4115212610976866982
Lancaster Gate, West7633983511095093
Lancaster Gate, East7134282_1155249
Hyde Park14214985765537424

Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1929.

Period.England and Wales.London.Paddington.
1896-1900156162161
1901-1905138139128
1906-1910117114104
1911-1915109110108
1916-19209192103
1921-1925767076
1926706486
1927695979
1928656785
19297470101