[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 15

Paddington 1938

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

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year 3 deaths, attributable to childbirth, occurred among the residents of
the Borough. Of these, 1 was due to puerperal sepsis and 2 were due to other puerperal causes. All
the deaths occurred in institutions.
The 3 deaths were equivalent to a mortality rate of 1.53 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.
1933 4.32 3.55 5.00
1934 4.41 2.70 4.57
1935 3.93 2.50 3.95
1936 3.65 1.91 5.00
1937 3.11 2.22 4.08
1938 2.97 1.83 1.53

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:— 1938.

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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:— 1938.

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	4,062,800	13.4	11.4	—	57
West Districts.
Paddington	137,400	13.74	11.33	11.21	66
Kensington	174,100	12.8	11.7	10.9	78
Hammersmith	125,100	15.5	11.3	11.6	61
Fulham	137,700	14.2	11.6	11.7	51
Chelsea	56,050	10.2	13.5	11.5	80
Westminster	124,400	8.3	10.4	10.7	54.9
North Districts.
St. Marylebone	90,680	8.84	11.12	11.00	60
Hampstead	90,480	11.7	11.4	10.7	57
St. Pancras	179,400	13.5	11.5	11.7	64
Islington	292,300	15.32	11.90	12.02	65
Stoke Newington	50,480	13.8	11.0	10.5	43.2
Hackney	205,200	13.4	10.7	11.2	56.46
Central Districts.
Holborn	34,350	7.28	10.51	11.25	84
Finsbury	56,960	13.0	12.9	14.1	73
City of London	8,780	6.6	10.7	11.8	51.8
East Districts.
Shoreditch	80,360	14.7	11.4	12.5	64
Bethnal Green	92,910	14.2	11.3	12.8	59.3
Stepney	200,500	13.06	11.05	12.92	60.7
Poplar	134,400	14.9	11.4	12.7	60
South Districts.
Southwark	145,300	14.0	12.5	13.4	57
Bermondsey	97,420	14.8	11.0	12.54	45
Lambeth	272,800	14.09	11.9	11.7	51
Battersea	141,700	14.92	11.82	11.70	53.45
Wandsworth	340,100	11.92	11.17	10.38	46
Camberwell	222,400	13.97	12.27	12.27	61
Deptford	95,460	14.4	11.8	—	54
Greenwich	95,770	13.64	10.89	11.1	42
Lewisham	229,000	13.9	10.49	10.5	47
Woolwich	150,900	13.6	10.4	11.0	50

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INQUESTS.
During 1938, 104 inquests were held on residents of the Borough, and 74 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: 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:— 1938.

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