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Paddington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington, as constituted under the London Government Act,
1899, covers an area of 1,356.1 acres, including 20.0 acres of waterways. It is co-extensive with
the Civil Parish and Registration District of the same name. The Borough is divided into nine
wards.
| Year. | Estimated Population.* | Births. | Deaths at All Ages. | Deaths under One Year. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Locally. | Transfers. | Nett. | Registered Locally. | Gross Mortality. | Transfers. | Nett. | Registered Locally. | Nett. | ||||||||
| Out. | In. | Totals. | Rates. | Out. | In. | Totals. | Mortality. | Number. | Mortality | Totals. | Mortality | |||||
* Registrar-General's estimates of resident population.
POPULATION.
Estimated Population.—The resident population of the Borough at the middle of 1938 was
estimated by the Registrar-General to be 137,400 persons, 900 less than the number for the previous
year. The following table shows the population distributed among the Wards in the proportions
recorded at the Census of 1931. All rates for 1938 quoted in this report are based on these figures.
The Borough 137,400
Wards—
Queen's Park 12,914
Harrow Road 24,151
Maida Vale 22,068
Town 6,833
Westbourne 23,941
Church 16,429
Lancaster Gate, West 9,383
Lancaster Gate, East 9,406
Hyde Park 12,275
North Paddington
65,966
South Paddington
71,434
UNEMPLOYMENT.
The Ministry of Health desire that information should be published in the Annual Report showing
the extent of unemployment in the Borough. The Divisional Controller, Ministry of Labour
Divisional Office for Employment and Insurance, 59-62, Queen's Gardens, W.2, has very kindly
furnished the following particulars for the year 1938:—
Month.
Insured residents (aged 16 to 64 years)
recorded as unemployed.
Males.
Females.
Total.
January 3,575 1,181 4,756
April 3,372 1,209 4,581
July 3,240 1,151 4,391
October 4,029 1,382 5,411
December (estimate) 4,237 1,386 5,623
No evidence is available to indicate the effect which unemployment may have on the health
or physique of the population, and no conditions of occupation have come to light which would
appear to have had a prejudicial effect on health.