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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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.
1929 | Infantile Mortality Rates. | |||||||
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No. of Births. | No. of Deaths of children under 1 year. | Infantile Mortality Rates. | 1928 | 1927 | 1926 | 1925 | 1924 | |
England and Wales | 644,218 | 47,601 | 74 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 75 |
London | 70,090 | 4,936 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 69 |
Paddington | 2,129 | 215 | 101 | 85 | 79 | 86 | 72 | 78 |
Wards— Queen's Park | 160 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 91 | 45 | 88 | 50 |
Harrow Road | 407 | 29 | 71 | 79 | 49 | 104 | 66 | 87 |
Maida Vale | 333 | 22 | 66 | 82 | 96 | 87 | 50 | 50 |
Town | 122 | 18 | 147 | 95 | 130 | 37 | 91 | 115 |
Church | 407 | 67 | 164 | 99 | 99 | 108 | ||
Westbourne | 411 | 52 | 126 | 109 | 76 | 86 | 69 | 82 |
Lancaster Gate, West | 76 | 3 | 39 | 83 | 51 | 109 | 50 | 93 |
Lancaster Gate, East | 71 | 3 | 42 | 82 | _ | 115 | 52 | 49 |
Hyde Park | 142 | 14 | 98 | 57 | 65 | 53 | 74 | 24 |
Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1929.
Period. | England and Wales. | London. | Paddington. |
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1896-1900 | 156 | 162 | 161 |
1901-1905 | 138 | 139 | 128 |
1906-1910 | 117 | 114 | 104 |
1911-1915 | 109 | 110 | 108 |
1916-1920 | 91 | 92 | 103 |
1921-1925 | 76 | 70 | 76 |
1926 | 70 | 64 | 86 |
1927 | 69 | 59 | 79 |
1928 | 65 | 67 | 85 |
1929 | 74 | 70 | 101 |