London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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VITAL STATISTICS
| Area of Borough (including 20 acres of waterways) | 1,356 acres |
| Rateable Value | £2,716,636 (£2,527,410) |
| Product of a penny rate (net) | £10,810 (£10,420) |
| Population (Registrar General's midyear home population) | 113,350 (113,400) |
| Number of dwellings (according to the Rate Books) | 31,451 (31,839) |
| Live Births Number | 2,480 (2,288) |
| Rate per 1,000 population | 21.88 (20.18) |
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent, of total live births | 22 (18) |
| Still Births Number | 48 (44) |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 19(19) |
| Total Live and Still Births | 2,528 (2,332) |
| Infant Deaths (deaths under one year) | 64 (51) |
| Infant Mortality Rates Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 26 (22) |
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 28 (22) |
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 18 (24) |
| Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 19(17) |
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under one week per 1,000 total live births) | 16(15) |
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (still births and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) | 35 (33) |
| Maternal Mortality (including abortion) Number of deaths | 3(2) |
| Rate per 1,000 total live and still births | 1.2 (0.9) |
| Deaths from all causes | 1,192 (1,227) |
| Borough death rate (deaths per 1,000 population) | 10.52 (10.82) |
| Comparability factors—Births | 0.81 (0.80) |
| Deaths | 1.03 (1.03) |
| England and Wales—Birth rate | 17.1 (16.5) |
| Death rate | 11.5 (11.6) |