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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 1955

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

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS

VITAL STATISTICS

Area of Borough (including 20 acres of waterways)1,356 acres
Rateable value£1,804,203 (£1,788,926)
Product of a penny rate£7,218 (£7,180)
Population (Registrar General's estimated mid-year home population)121,500(123,100)
Number of habitable dwellings24,685 (24,255)
Deaths from all causes1,306(1,190)
Number of maternal deaths2(1)
Borough birth rate (live births per 1,000 population)17.44 (17.44)
Borough death rate (deaths per 1,000 population)10.75 (9.67)
Live birthsMalesTotalLegitimateIllegitimate
1,064 (1,106)909 (956)155 (150)
Females1,055 (1,041)901 (903)154 (138)
Still birthsMales24 (19)19 (15)5 (4)
Females18 (19)16 (15)2 (4)
Deaths of infants under one year of ageMales25 (28)20 (21)5 (7)
Females27 (9)21 (8)6 (1)
Deaths of infants under four weeks of ageMales13 (23)10 (17)3 (6)
Females21 (8)16 (7)5 (1)