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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Borough birth rate (live births per 1,000
population) 18.76 (18.77)
Borough death rate (deaths per 1,000
population) 10.00(10.41)
Comparability factors—Births 0.79
Deaths 1.08
England and Wales—Birth rate 16.1
Death rate 11.5
Total I Legitimate Illegitimate!
Live births Males
Females
1,147(1,168) 980 (983) 167 (185)
1,114(1,107) 921 (938) 193 (169)
Still births Males
Females
26 (15)
17 (17)
22 (11) 4 (4)
12 (15) 5 (2)
Deaths of infants under Males
one year of age Females
30 (33) 25 (29) 5 (4)
24 (22) 15 (19) 9 (3)
Deaths of infants under Males
four weeks of age .. Females
24 (25) 20 (23) 4 (2)
20 (18) 14 (15) 6 (3)
The number of marriages solemnised in the Borough during
the year was 1,592 (1,820).