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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1946

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

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Table: vital statistics—summary. Area of Borough : 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20 0 acres. Population : Registrar-General's estimate of Civilian Population—117,670. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1946) according to Rate Books—21,294.

vital statistics—summary. Area of Borough : 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20 0 acres. Population : Registrar-General's estimate of Civilian Population—117,670. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1946) according to Rate Books—21,294.

Live Births :TotalMalesFemalesBirth Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 20.28
Legitimate20071017990
Illegitimate379190189
Totals238612071179
Stillbirths593623Still-birth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 24
Deaths (all ages)1525780745Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian population 12.96
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 0.81
Puerperal Sepsis2
Other Puerperal Causes20.81
Total41.63
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age113
Death Rates of infants under 1 year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births47
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births43
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births71
Deaths from Tuberculosis:
Pulmonary (all ages)95
Other forms (all ages)5
Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per 1,000 of the estimated civilian population0.80
Tuberculosis Death Rate (all forms)0.85
Rateable Value£1,742,988
Product of a Penny Rate£6,122

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Health Visitors—W.T.
Miss E. A. S. Davies (Superintendent of the Welfare Centre
and Clinics).
Miss E. Donovan (Superintendent Health Visitor).
Miss M. S. Sells.
Miss E. C. Jackson (Nursery Liaison Officer).
Miss A. S. Anderson.
Mrs. M. Vaughan.
Mrs. M. Stevenson.
Miss V. M. Goddard.
Mrs. N. E. Sellen.
Miss M. M. Barnes.
Miss J. F. Foster.
Miss G. A. Ireson.
Clinic Nurse, Welfare Centre.—W.T.
Miss J. P. Dempster.
Chiropodist, Welfare Centre.—P.T.
Mrs. R. Howell.
Physiotherapist, Welfare Centre,—W.T.
Miss E. M. Suffling.
Day Nursery Service.
Day Nursery.
Maida Vale.
Marylands Road.
Peach Street.
Queen's Park.
St. Jude's.
Westbourne.
Matron,—W.T.
Miss A. W. Purdon.
Miss J. Handley-Jones.
Mrs. E. Hill.
Miss A. Fairbrother.
Mrs. P. Pashley.
Miss M. O'Dwyer.
Deputy Matron.—W.T.
Miss C. D. Hammonds.
Miss A. Matthews.
Miss E. Balmforth.
Miss K. Evans.
Miss W. Field.
Miss T. Butterick.