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Paddington 1932

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

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1932 there were 1,977 births, and 212 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 107.

The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1932 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1927 to 1931 are given for comparison.

1932Infantile Mortality Rates.
No. of Births.No. of Deaths of Children under 1 year.Infantile Mortality Rates.19311930192919281927
England and Wales614,32039,706646660746569
London62,2334,143666559706759
Paddington1,97721210787781018579
Wards—
Queen's Park144181255543442891
Harrow Road37630807839717949
Maida Vale29725848197668296
Town130211611065014795130
Westbourne41845107808612610976
Church370511381161221649999
Lancaster Gate, West62711310998398351
Lancaster Gate, East41497601034282-
Hyde Park13911799062985765

Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1932.

England and Wales.London.Paddington.
1896-1900156162161
1901-1905138139128
1906-1910117114104
1911-1915109110108
1916-19209192103
1921-1925767076
1926-1930686486
1931666587
19326466107