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Paddington 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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7
SICKNESS.

Table: TABLE5.Notifications : Paddington.

TABLE5.Notifications : Paddington.

Ages. (Years.)Smallpox.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.
Scarlet.Enteric. (Typhoid.)Continued.Puerperal.
M.F.M.F.M. F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.F.
0—.........1......24...2...............
1—......53.........163...............
2-......52......1...1411...1.........
3—......57......1...15101............
4—......96......1...8112............
5—......2323......14696353.........
13—.....................114...1.........
15—......511......59121537......2
25—......37......273359710......7
65—.........1......37.....................
All Ages.......5561......41591301281822......9
Rates,*
1910......0.840.70......0.620.671.981.470.270.25......0.10
1905-09...0.010.860.930.030.000.850.784.183.550.250.21...0.000.07
* Rates per 1,000 persons, except puerperal fever (females).

Table: TABLE6. Notifications : Paddington.

TABLE6. Notifications : Paddington.

Disease.Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourne.Church.Lancaster West.Gate, East.Hyde Park
Smallpox— (—)— (—)— (—)— (—)— (—)— (—)_-(-)
Diphtheria19 (21)24 (41)12 (22)13 (27)28 (45)6(2)9 (6)6 (9)
MembranousCroup— (-)— (2)— (-)— (-)— (-)— (—)- (-)
Erysipelas13 (9)27 (23)12 (16)20 (22)19 (29)1 (1)3 (1)5(5)
FeversScarlet36 (61)75 (166)33 (45)27 (107)61 (171)11 (19)1 (12)14 (48)
Enteric2(3)7(2)7(5)3 (2)13 (10)2 (-)1 (2)5 (5)
Continued— (—)— (—)— (—)— (—)— (-)— (—)- (-)- (-)
Puerperal- (-)2 (—)1 (-)4 (1)2(2)- (-)- (-)-(-)
Totals70 (94)135 (234)65 (88)67 (159)123 (257)20 (22)14 (21)30 (67)
Rates*, 19104.334.413.142.554.292.371.772.16
„ 1905-096.717.875.335.207.403.143.093.66
* Per 1,000 persons.