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Paddington 1938

[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, in London, in Paddington, and in each of the wards of the Borough:—

1938.Death-rates.
No. of Deaths.Deathrates.19371936193519341933
England and Wales478,92711.612.412.111.711.812.3
London45,54511.412.312.311.411.912.5
Paddington1,55711.3313.0512.8112.0812.4713.36
Wards—
Queen's Park18414.2515.1515.7411.8912.4013.34
Harrow Road27611.4213.0812.3412.9713.1014.11
Maida Vale28212.7713.1912.0311.8112.2412.50
Town8312.1412.7914.5813.6312.6516.01
Westbourne29112.1513.5713.7713.2513.1413.99
Church1629.8612.5712.5511.7614.0614.44
Lancaster Gate, West10110.7612.2813.0410.8810.0613.52
Lancaster Gate, East778.1813.2011.1210.129.6110.70
Hyde Park1018.2210.8410.6110.7412.1711.28

There were, during the year, 38 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
193811.33

Deaths in Institutions, 1938.

Local.Total.Nonresidents.
Paddington Hospital703178
St. Mary's Hospital283221
Paddington Green Children's Hospital3124
Hospital for Women and Children (Lock Hospital)22
St. Luke's Hospital190180
1,209605
Deduct Non-residents605
604
Outlying.Paddington Residents
Isolation Hospitals of London County Council32
Municipal General Hospitals and Public Assistance Committees' Institutions174
Mental Hospitals66
Voluntary Hospitals (General)55
Hospitals (Special, including Sanatoria)43
370
Total deaths in institutions of Paddington residents974