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Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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MARRIAGES.
According to provisional figures supplied by the Registrar-General 1,918 marriages were
solemnized in the Borough during 1937, being a rate of 27.7 persons per 1,000 of the population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1937 was 1,978. From this total it
is necessary to deduct 599 births which occurred to residents of other localities, and to add 509
births which occurred to Paddington residents outside the Borough. The corrected total of 1,888
births thus obtained is equal to a rate of 13.65 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 1,888 births, 949 were those of males and 939 those of females, and of these 157 males
and 129 females were illegitimate.
The following table shows the birth-rate during each of the last six years in England and Wales, in London, in Paddington and in each of the wards of the Borough:—
| 1937. | Birth-rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Births. | Birthrates. | 1936 | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | |
The following table shows the course of the birth-rate in the Borough in the past:—
| Paddington. | |
|---|---|
Illegitimate Births.—These were 286 in number, or 15.14 per cent, of the total number of
live births. The proportion of illegitimate births varies remarkably in the different wards as is
shown in the table below :—
| Ward. | Rate. |
|---|---|
Stillbirths,—During 1937, 73 stillbirths were registered in the Borough in accordance with
the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926. Of these, 22 occurred to residents
of other localities. On the other hand 19 stillbirths occurred outside the Borough to Paddington
residents. The net number for the Borough was therefore 70, a figure equivalent to 3.7 per cent,
of the total births recorded. Of the 70 stillbirths, males numbered 36 and females 34, 6 of the
males and 10 of the females being illegitimate.