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Paddington 1936
[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 | Births. | Deaths at All Ages. | Deaths under One Year. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Population.* | Registered Locally. | Transfers. | Nett. | Registered Locally. | Gross Mortality. | Transfers. | Nett. | Registered Locally. | Nett. | |||||||
| Out. | In. | Totals. | Rates. | Out. | In. | Totals. | Mortality. | Number. | Mortality | Totals. | Mortality. | |||||
| 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 |
| 1935 | 138,600 | 2,038 | 547 | 473 | 1,964 | 14.17 | 1,623 | 11.71 | 543 | 595 | 1,675 | 12.08 | 154 | 75 | 140 | 71 |
| 1936 | 139,200 | 2,053 | 640 | 508 | 1,921 | 13.80 | 1,807 | 12.98 | 606 | 582 | 1,783 | 12.81 | 160 | 78 | 139 | 72 |
| * Registrar-General's estimates of resident population. | ||||||||||||||||
POPULATION.
Estimated Population.—The resident population of the Borough at the middle of 1936 was
estimated by the Registrar-General to be 139,200 persons, 600 more 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 1936 quoted in this report are based
on these figures.
The Borough 139,200
Wards—
Queen's Park 13,083
Harrow Road 24,467 North Paddington
Maida Vale 22,357 66,830
Town 6,923
Westbourne 24,254
Church 16,644
Lancaster Gate, West 9,506 V South Paddington
Lancaster Gate, East 9,530 72,370
Hyde Park 12,436
MARRIAGES.
According to provisional figures supplied by the Registrar-General 1,810 marriages were
solemnized in the Borough during 1936, being a rate of 26.0 persons per 1,000 of the population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Bo rough during 1936 was 2,053. From this total it is
necessary to deduct 640 births which occurred to residents of other localities, and to add 508 births
which occurred to Paddington residents outside the Rorough. The corrected total of 1,921 births
thus obtained is equal to a rate of 13.80 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 1,921 births, 936 were those of males and 985 those of females, and of these 141 males
and 171 females were illegitimate.