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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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as against a mean rate of 1.08, a shrinkage of 0.09 per
1,000, or 8.4 per cent. For every 100 legitimate
births recorded during the year, 4.6 illegitimate were
registered, as compared with a decennial average of
4.7 (see Table 4). In North Paddington 123
TABLE .3.
Births.and.Birth.rates, .1889.99.
| Year. | Paddington. | St..Mary. | St..John. | Birth.rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regd. | Rates. | Regd. | Rates. | Regd. | Rates. | England and Wales. | London. | |
| 1889 | 2,863 | 24.5 | 2,346 | 29.2 | 517 | 14.1 | 31.1 | 31.9 |
| 1890 | 2,901 | 24.4 | 2,389 | 29.1 | 512 | 14.0 | 30.2 | 30.7 |
| 1891 | 2,962 | 26.1 | 2,420 | 28.8 | 532 | 15.8 | 31.4 | 31.9 |
| 1892 | 2,934 | 24.6 | 2,456 | 28.5 | 478 | 14.4 | 30.5 | 31.0 |
| 1893 | 3,011 | 25.2 | 2,567 | 29.8 | 444 | 13.4 | 308 | 30.9 |
| 1894 | 2,834 | 23.3 | 2,423 | 27.2 | 411 | 12.6 | 29.6 | 30.3 |
| 1895 | 2,979 | 24.3 | 2,526 | 27.9 | 453 | 14.0 | 30.4 | 30.6 |
| 1896 | 3,068 | 24.2 | 2,613 | 28.2 | 455 | 13.4 | 29.7 | 30.2 |
| 1897 | 3,010 | 23.8 | 2,586 | 27.8 | 424 | 12.7 | 29.7 | 30.1 |
| 1898 | 2,965 | 23.2 | 2,558 | 27.1 | 407 | 12.2 | 29.4 | 29.5 |
| Averages. 889.98. | 2,952 | 24.26 | 2,489 | 28.36 | 463 | 13.66 | 30.3 | 30.7 |
| 1899 | 2,940 | 22.76 | 2,555 | 26.68 | 385 | 11.52 | 29.3 | 29.4 |
mate births were registered, and in South 6. The
ratios of legitimate to illegitimate births in the two
Districts were 100: 4.8 and 100: 1.5 respectively.