[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 12

Paddington 1937

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

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 1937 there were 1,888 births, and 125 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 live births) of 66.

Table: The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1937 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and in the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1932 to 1936 are given for comparison.

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The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1937 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and in the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1932 to 1936 are given for comparison.

	1937.			Infantile Mortality Rates.
	No. of Births.	No. of Deaths of Children under 1 year.	Infantile Mortality Rates.	1936	1935	1934	1933	1932
England and Wales	610,557	35,175	58	59	57	59	64	64
London	55,011	2,309	60	66	58	67	60	66
Paddington	1,888	125	66	72	71	95	85	107
Wards—
Queen's Park	130	9	69	79	37	31	96	125
Harrow Road	493	27	55	53	74	79	48	80
Maida Vale	260	18	69	69	71	93	94	84
Town	129	13	101	103	107	72	123	161
Westbourne	396	18	45	71	73	109	87	107
Church	261	27	103	107	83	169	112	138
Lancaster Gate, West	43	3	69	29	18	91	127	113
Lancaster Gate, East	55	5	91	75	48	—	62	97
Hyde Park	121	5	41	42	57	96	67	79

Table: Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1937.

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Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1937.

	England and Wales.	London.	Paddington
1896-1900	156	162	161
1901-1905	138	139	128
1906-1910	117	114	104
1911-1915	109	110	108
1916-1920	91	92	103
1921-1925	76	70	76
1926-1930	68	64	86
1931-1935	62	62	89
1936	59	66	72
1937	58	60	66

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Table: The following table gives the births and the infantile deaths and death-rates for the year 1937 in England and Wales, in London, in the Borough and in the various wards of the Borough. The infantile mortality rates for 1932 to 1936 are given for comparison.

Table: Infantile Mortality Rates, 1896-1937.