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Paddington 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Paddington as constituted under the London Government Act,
1899, covers an"area of 1,356.1 acres, including 20.0 acres of waterway. It is co-extensive with the
Civil Parish and Registration District of the same name. The Borough is divided into nine wards.
One of these wards, the Town Ward, is of recent formation, and for statistical purposes in the following
report it is grouped as part of the Church Ward, to which it originally belonged.

Table: General Summary of Vital Statistics.

General Summary of Vital Statistics.

Year.Estimated Population.Births.Deaths at All Ages.Deaths under One Year.
Registered Locally.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Gross Mortality.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Nett.
Out.In.Totals.Rates.Out.In.Totals.Mortality.Number.MortalityTotals.Mortality.
1913142,2292,832552423,01920.872,07114.334073151,97913.68342121305101
1914142,0872,708492742,93320.641,89213.313473501,89513.3331211528196
1915131,3972,506592672,71420.652,30417.533703522,28617.39343137319117
1916 t142,1692,378613722,68918.91..................28912125394
c136,668...............1,92414.723703261,88014.38
1917 t136,5611,834773342,09115.31..................290158273135
c122,507...............1,99716.303213742,05016.73
1918 t131,6731,7981183372,01715.31..................266148235116
c117,517...............1,99917.013455952,24919 13
1919 t149,9412,0161544542,31615.44..................21310521291
c143,938...............1,49910.413107251,91413.29
1920 t150,1283,1812514833,41322.73..................2798726678
c149,673...............1,66711.133704101,70711.40
1921145,6002,6532965022,85919.631,78412.253723461,75812.0730711526392
1922145,3002,5572884622,73118.791,92913.273653241,88812.992248818969
1923146,2002,4102754852,62017.921,74311.923383171,72211.772078618069
1924146,4002,3432844462,50517.112,05414.034753411,92013.112329919678
1925147,1002,2063124432,33715.882,01113.675703391,78012.101968817072
"T" = Total;"C" = Civil.

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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough for the year 1924 was 146,400,
and for the year 1925, 147,100.

Table: The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

The populations in the various wards have been estimated to be as shown in the following table:—

1924.1925.
The Borough146,400147,100
Wards—
Queen's Park15,98716,064
Harrow Road27,92128,055
Maida Vale22,42922,535
Westbourne24,45924,576
Church (including Town)25,32225,443
Lancaster Gate, West9,6739,719
Lancaster Gate, East8,2828,322
Hyde Park12,32712,386

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MARRIAGES.
During 1924, 1,528 marriages were solemnized in the Borough, being a rate of 20.9 persons per
1,000 of the population. In 1925 the rate was 21.2.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough during 1924 was 2,343, and, in addition, 162
occurred outside the Borough to Paddington residents in excess of those occurring in Paddington
to residents of other localities, making a total of 2,505 births. The birth-rate for 1924 was therefore
17.11 births per 1,000 population.
Of the 2,505 births, 1,302 were those of males and 1,203 those of females, and of these 104 males
and 101 females were illegitimate.
The Registrar-General's final figure for the nett number of births is given as 2,501, but this does
not affect the figure for the birth-rate given above.