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Paddington 1929

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

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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington as constituted under the London Government Act,
1899, covers an area of 1,356.1 acres, including 20.0 acres of waterways. It is co-extensive with
the Civil Parish and Registration District of the same name. The Borough is divided into
nine wards.

Table: General Summary of Vital Statistics.

General Summary of Vital Statistics.

Year.Estimated Population.Births.Deaths at All Ages.Deaths under One Year.
Registered Locally.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Gross Mortality.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Nett.
Out.In.Totals.Rates.Out.In.Totals.Mortality.Number.MortalityTotals.Mortality.
1914142,0872,708492742,93320.641,89213.313473501,89513.3331211528196
1915131,3972,506592672,71420.652,30417.533703522,28617.39343137319117
1916T 142,1692,378613722,68918.91..................28912125394
C 136,668...............1,92414.723703261,88014.38
1917T 136,5611,834773342,09115.31..................290158273135
C 122,507...............1,99716.303213742,05016.73
1918T 131,6731,7981183372,01715.31..................266148235116
C 117,517...............1,99917.013455952,24919.13
1919T 149,9412,0161544542,31615.44..................21310521291
C 143,938...............1,49910.413107251,91413.29
1920T 150,1283,1812514833,41322.73..................2798726678
C 149,673...............1,66711.133704101,70711.40
1921145,6002,6532965022,85919.631,78412.253723461,75812.0730711526392
1922145,3002,5572884622,73118.791,92913.273653241,88812.992248818969
1923146,2002,4102754852,62017.921,74311.923383171,72211.772078618069
1924146,4002,3432844462,50517.112,05414.034753411,92013.112329919678
1925147,1002,2063124432,33715.882,01113.675703391,78012.101968817072
1926146,7002,1313454622,24815.322,06714.095543441,85712.652109819486
1927142,7002,0643224742,21615.532,00614.054894191,93613.561889117679
1928145,2002,0743764792,17714.991,95413.455074461,89313031868918685
1929142,8002,0584475182,12914.902,34416.415504172,21115.48230111215101
" T "=Total; "C"=Civil.

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POPULATION
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough for the year 1929 was
142,800.
It will be noticed that there has been a reduction of 2,400 in the population according
to the Registrar-General's estimates. One may venture to assert that there has been no such
sudden reduction in the population. Attention has been drawn in previous Annual Reports to
the varying estimates of the population of Paddington furnished by the Registrar-General
from year to year and to the effect that such varying estimates have in causing corresponding
fluctuations in the death-rate and birth-rate, which are more apparent than real.

Table: The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

The Borough142,800
Wards—
Queen's Park15,594North Paddington 72,090
Harrow Road27,236
Maida Vale21,876
Town7,384
Westbourne23,858South Paddington 70,710
Church17,315
Lancaster Gate, West9,435
Lancaster Gate, East8,078
Hyde Park12,024

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MARRIAGES.
During 1929, 1,684 marriages were solemnized in the Borough, being a rate of 23.5 persons
per 1,000 of the population.