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Paddington 1934

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

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11
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1934 there were 1,909 births, and 183 deaths of children under the age of twelve
months in the Borough. These figures give an infantile mortality rate (deaths of infants under twelve
months to each 1,000 births) of 95.

Table: The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1934 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1929 to 1933 are given for comparison.

The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1934 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1929 to 1933 are given for comparison.

1934Infantile Mortality Rates.
No. of Births.No. of Deaths of Children under 1 year.Infantile Mortality Rates.19331932193119301929
England and Wales598,08434,785596464666074
London56,8533,832676066655970
Paddington1,90918395851078778101
Wards—
Queen's Park15753196125554344
Harrow Road41833794880783971
Maida Vale29027939484819766
Town12597212316110650147
Westbourne39243109871078086126
Church27747169112138116122164
Lancaster Gate, West666911271131099839
Lancaster Gate, East49——62976010342
Hyde Park13513966779906298

Table: Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1934.

Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1934.

England and Wales.London.Paddington.
1896-1900156162161
1901-1905138139128
1906-1910117114104
1911-1915109110108
1916-19209192103
1921-1925767076
1926-1930686486
1931666587
19336466107
1933646085
1934596795