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Paddington 1934
[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.
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. | Mortality | Totals. | Mortal ity. | |||||
| 1924 | 146,400 | 2,343 | 284 | 446 | 2,505 | 17.11 | 2,054 | 14.03 | 475 | 341 | 1,920 | 13.11 | 232 | 99 | 196 | 78 |
| 1925 | 147,100 | 2,206 | 312 | 443 | 2,337 | 15.88 | 2,011 | 13.67 | 570 | 339 | 1,780 | 12.10 | 196 | 88 | 170 | 72 |
| 1926 | 146,700 | 2,131 | 345 | 462 | 2,248 | 15.32 | 2,067 | 14.09 | 554 | 344 | 1,857 | 12.65 | 210 | 98 | 194 | 86 |
| 1927 | 142,700 | 2,064 | 322 | 474 | 2,216 | 15.53 | 2,006 | 14.05 | 489 | 419 | 1,936 | 13.56 | 188 | 91 | 176 | 79 |
| 1928 | 145,200 | 2,074 | 376 | 479 | 2,177 | 14.99 | 1,954 | 13.45 | 507 | 446 | 1,893 | 13.03 | 186 | 89 | 186 | 85 |
| 1929 | 142,800 | 2,058 | 447 | 518 | 2,129 | 14.90 | 2,344 | 16.41 | 550 | 417 | 2,211 | 15.48 | 230 | 111 | 215 | 101 |
| 1930 | 142,800 | 2,216 | 524 | 469 | 2,161 | 15.13 | 1,890 | 13.23 | 482 | 397 | 1,805 | 12.64 | 174 | 78 | 169 | 78 |
| 1931 | 140,300 | 2,073 | 462 | 464 | 2,075 | 14.79 | 2,000 | 14.25 | 589 | 420 | 1,831 | 13.05 | 228 | 110 | 182 | 87 |
| 1932 | 143,600 | 1,765 | 401 | 613 | 1,977 | 13.76 | 1,817 | 12.65 | 601 | 688 | 1,904 | 13.26 | 220 | 121 | 212 | 107 |
| 1933 | 141,900 | 1,855 | 460 | 508 | 1,903 | 13.41 | 1,864 | 13.13 | 567 | 599 | 1,896 | 13.36 | 171 | 92 | 163 | 85 |
| 1934 | 139,790 | 2,104 | 589 | 394 | 1,909 | 13.70 | 1,756 | 12.56 | 580 | 567 | 1,743 | 12.47 | 185 | 88 | 183 | 95 |
| * Registrar-General's estimates of resident population. | ||||||||||||||||
POPULATION.
Estimated Population.—The resident population of the Borough at the middle of 1934 was
estimated by the Registrar-General to be 139,790 persons, 2,110 fewer than the number for the previous
year. The following table shows the population distributed among the Wards in the proportions
recorded at the Census of 1931. All rates for 1934 quoted in this report are based on these figures.
The Borough 139,790
Wards—
Queen's Park13,13th
Harrow Road 24,57 North Paddington
Maida Vale 22,452 67,114
Town 6,9521
Westbourne 24,357
Churoh 16,715
Lancaster Gate, West 9,546 South Paddington
Lancaster Gate, East 9,570 72,676
Hyde Park 12,488.
MARRIAGES.
According to provisional figures supplied by the Registrar-General 1,860 marriages were
solemnized in the Borough during 1934, being a rate of 26.6 persons per 1,000 of the population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1934 was 2,104. From this total it is
necessary to deduct 589 births which occurred to residents of other localities and to add 394 births
which occurred to Paddington residents outside the Borough. The corrected total of 1,909 births
thus obtained is equal to a rate of 13.70 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 1,909 births, 1,008 were those of males and 901 those of females, and of these 134 males
and 129 females were illegitimate.