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[Appendix IY.
increase (+) or decrease (—) in prevalence of certain of the diseases included in the Table
during 1900 as compared with 1899, but not the amounts thereof, in each of tbe districts, is indicated
below:—
Diphtheria.
Erysipelas.
Scarlet
Fever.
Enteric
Fever.
Puerperal
Fever.
Paddington — — — — 0
St. Marylebone + — — — —
St. George, Hanover Square + — — +
Kensington + — — — +
Chelsea — — — + —
Willesden — + — — +
Ranged in order according to rates (the district with the lowest rate being placed at top of list)
the positions of the various districts for last year were:—
Diphtheria.
Erysipelas.
Scarlet Fever.
Enteric Fever.
Puerperal
Fever.
St. George, Hanover
Square.
St. George, Hanover
Square.
St. George, Hanover
Square.
Paddington.
St. George, Hanover
Square.
Paddington.
Chelsea.
Kensington.
St. Marylebone.
St. Marylebone.
St. Marylebone.
Willesden.
Paddington.
Willesden.
Paddington.
Chelsea.
Kensington.
Chelsea.
Kensington.
Kensington.
Kensington.
Paddington.
St. Marylebone.
St. George, Hanover
Square.
Chelsea.
Willesden.
St. Marylebone.
Willesden.
Chelsea.
Willesden.
The incidence of the various diseases as regards sex and age in the whole Parish and in the
two Sub.Districts is shown in Table 9. The actual numbers indicate an apparently heavier
incidence on females, except as regards enteric fever. When, however, the rates are calculated, the
incidence is found to be heavier upon males (see Table 10). For the sake of simplicity the rates
in this Table have been calculated at " All ages," " Under 5 years," and " 5 years and upwards "
only, and the rates for 1900 are compared with the mean rates for the preceding five years. It is
satisfactory to record that, with one or two very trifling exceptions, the rates for last year are
uniformly below the respective mean rates.