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Paddington 1937

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

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The following table shows the death-rate during each of the last six years in England and Wales m London, in Paddington, and in each of the wards of the Borough:—

1937.Death-rates.
No. of Deaths.Death-rates.19361935193419331932
England and Wales509,57412.412.111.711.812.312.0
London52,27712.312.311.411.912.512 3
Paddington1,80613.0512.8112.0812.4713.3613.26
Wards—
Queen's Park19715.1515.7411.8912.4013.3413.93
Harrow Road31813.0812.3412.9713.1014.1113.82
Maida Vale29313.1912.0311.8112.2412.5013.22
Town8812.7914.5813.6312.6516.0114.28
Westbourne32713.5713.7713.2513.1413.9913.90
Church20812.5712.5511.7614.0614.4416.65
Lancaster Gate, West11612.2813.0410.8810.0613.5210.40
Lancaster Gate, East12513.2011.1210.129.6110.709.86
Hyde Park13410.8410.6110.7412.1711.289.90

There were, during the year, 73 deaths in the Borough of persons who had no fixed domicile.
For the purpose of the above table, these have been distributed among the wards in proportion to
the ward populations recorded at the Census of 1931.

The following table shows the course of the death-rate in the Borough in the past:-

DEATH-RATES.

Paddington.
1881-188516.23
1886-189016.19
1891-189517.17
1896-190015.51
1901-190515.33
1906-191014.52
1911-191514.06
1916-192014.62
1921-192512.41
1926-193013.47
1931-193512.85
193612.81
193713.05

Deaths in Institutions, 1937.

Local.Total.Nonresidents.
Paddington Hospital744200
St. Mary's Hospital247183
Paddington Green Children's Hospital3628
Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital)32
St. Luke's Hospital174164
1,204577
Deduct Non-residents577
627
Outlying.Paddington Residents.
Isolation Hospitals of London County Council21
Municipal General Hospitals and Public Assistance Committees' Institutions261
Mental Hospitals56
Voluntary Hospitals (General)101
Hospitals (Special, including Sanatoria)31
470
Total deaths in institutions of Paddington residents1,097