[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 14

Paddington 1937

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

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year 8 deaths, attributable to childbirth, occurred among the residents of
the Borough. Of these, 2 were due to puerperal sepsis and 6 to other puerperal causes. Six of
the deaths occurred in institutions.

Table: The 8 deaths were equivalent to a mortality rate of 4.08 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. In the following table this rate is compared with the rates for London, and England and Wales. Corresponding rates for the five previous years are also given.

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The 8 deaths were equivalent to a mortality rate of 4.08 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. In the following table this rate is compared with the rates for London, and England and Wales. Corresponding rates for the five previous years are also given.

	England and Wales.	London.	Paddington.
1937	3.11	2.22	4.08
1936	3.65	1.91	5.00
1935	3.93	2.50	3.95
1934	4.41	2.70	4.57
1933	4.32	3.55	5.00
1932	4.04	2.89	2.94

Table: VITAL STATISTICS.Metropolitan Boroughs.The subjoined information, comparing the vital statistics for London and the metropolitan boroughs, has been supplied by Dr. W. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health of Poplar:—1937.

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VITAL STATISTICS.

Metropolitan Boroughs.

The subjoined information, comparing the vital statistics for London and the metropolitan boroughs, has been supplied by Dr. W. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health of Poplar:—

1937.

London and Cities and Boroughs	Estimated Resident Population.	Live Births (Rate),	Death Rate.		Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births.
London and Cities and Boroughs	Estimated Resident Population.	Live Births (Rate),	Crude.	Adjusted.	Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births.
London	4,094.500	13.3	12.3	-	60
West Districts.
Paddington	138,300	13.65	13.05	12.91	66
Kensington	175,600	12.1	13.3	12.4	83
Hammersmith	126,500	15.1	12.6	13.0	68
Fulham	138,900	13.9	13.08	13.2	56
Chelsea	56,510	10.8	14.1	12.0	59
Westminster	124,300	8.2	11.5	11.8	58.7
North Districts.
St. Marylebone	92,110	9.36	13.10	12.98	73
Hampstead	90,690	11.2	11.6	10.9	54
St. Pancras	181,900	13.0	12.7	13.0	62
Islington	295,400	15.25	12.9	13.02	66
Stoke Newington	50,250	14.9	12.5	12.0	37.5
Hackney	206,700	13.8	11.1	11.7	43.38
Central Districts.
Holborn	34,600	8.09	11.85	12.68	79
Finsbury	58,700	13.8	14.6	15.9	71
City of London	8,980	6.1	11.2	12.4	36.3
East Districts.				13.72
Shoreditch	82,240	14.86	12.47	13.72	54
Bethnal Green	94,560	13.3	12.5	14.1	54
Stepney	203,100	13.5	12.2	14.2	60.5
Poplar	136,800	15.5	12.6	14.0	61
South Districts.				14.1	64
Southwark	147,400	14.7	13.6	14.1	64
Bermondsey	98,790	14.4	12.3	14.0	59
Lambeth	273,800	14.1	13.2	13.0	68
Battersea	143,500	14.94	12.89	12.76	70.43
Wandsworth	341,700	11.53	12.36	11.43	62
Camberwell	224,800	14.08	12.83	12.83	58
Deptford	96,580	15.1	11.8	12.3	45
Greenwich	95,990	13.88	12.03	12.27	50
Lewisham	226,000	13.9	10.8	10.9	46
Woolwich	149,400	14.2	11.1	11.7	40

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INQUESTS.
During 1937, 114 inquests were held on residents of the Borough, and 91 deaths were registered
after the issue of certificates by the Coroner under powers conferred by the Coroners (Amendment)
Act, 1926.

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Table: The 8 deaths were equivalent to a mortality rate of 4.08 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. In the following table this rate is compared with the rates for London, and England and Wales. Corresponding rates for the five previous years are also given.

Table: VITAL STATISTICS.Metropolitan Boroughs.The subjoined information, comparing the vital statistics for London and the metropolitan boroughs, has been supplied by Dr. W. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health of Poplar:—1937.

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