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11
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1930 there were 2,161 births, and 169 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 78.
The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year
1930 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the
Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1925 to 1929 are given for comparison.
1930
Infantile Mortality Rates.
No. of
Births.
No. of
Deaths of
Children
under
1 year.
Infantile
Mortality
Rates.
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
England and Wales
649,430
38,790
60
74
65
69
70
75
London
69,449
4,191
59
70
67
59
64
67
Paddington
2,161
169
78
101
85
79
86
72
Wards—
Queen's Park
161
7
43
44
28
91
45
88
Harrow Road
479
19
39
71
79
49
104
66
Maida Vale
297
29
97
66
82
96
87
50
Town
99
5
50
147
95
130
37
91
Church
384
47
122
164
99
99
108/
Westbourne
472
41
86
126
109
76
86
69
Lancaster Gate, West.
51
5
98
39
83
51
109
50
Lancaster Gate, East
58
6
103
42
82
-
115
52
Hyde Park
160
10
62
98
57
65
53
74
Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1930.
Period. England and Wales. London. Paddington.
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
1930 60 59 78