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Paddington 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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It has been customary in previous annual reports to make a note of infantile mortality in special localities. The following is a summary of the results.

Infantile Mortality in Special Areas.

Areas.1925.1924.Infantile Mortality.
Births.Deaths.Births.Deaths.1925.1924.1923.1922.1921.
Church (and Town) Ward—
Hall Park9288768769458881
North Wharf674667591069541111
Clarendon Street214272193512616051116163
Rest of Ward22618237227993896186
West bourne Ward—
Alfred Road1207116135811269147134
Rest of Ward325253572677738166108
Maida Vale Ward—
Amberley Road60485566591159128
Rest of Ward27612349174349766481
Queen's Park Ward—
Queen's Park1251113658837946068
Rest of Ward7878468971485668
Totals for 6 Areas6786170971901007496109
Rest of Borough1,6591091,7961256570675886

The following table has been supplied by Dr. F. W. Alexander, Medical Officer of Health of Poplar:—

1925.

Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population to the middle of year.Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.
London4,602,00018.0*?11.7*67*
West Districts.
Paddington147,10015.90.412.172
Kensington179,60015.80.513.278
Hammersmith134,50017.50.711.965
Fulham163,70016.90.510.776
Chelsea64,82014.40.413.669
City of Westminster139,60010.70.3712.369
North Districts.
St. Marylebone106,10014.10.511.663
Hampstead88,04012.00.1910.255
St. Pancras215,90017.90.812.772
Islington339,20019.40.3912.2663
Stoke Newington53,19015.80.3411.261
Hackney228,30017.90.4910.965
Central Districts.
Holborn43,31512.160.4312.5163
Finsbury77,56022.60.813.659.8
City of London13,3407.50.5311.860
East Districts.
Shoreditch107,30024.61.213.388
Bethnal Green119,80021.91.312.080.6
Stepney255,37021.20.9411.973
Poplar168,50022.10.911.775
South Districts.
Southwark189„00021.20.913.177
Bermondsey123,00023.4?12.678
Lambeth311,10024.60.512.144.8
Battersea172,10018.50.410.558.1
Wandsworth340,90014.310.3310.4352
Camberwell275,40017.70.511.164.7
Deptford115,90018.80.812.163
Greenwich103,93618.80.5711.2370
Lewisham185,60015.60.310.355
Woolwich140,74015. 30.410.855
*These provisional figures are taken from a table furnished by the Registrar-General. Other figures supplied by Medical Officers of Health.