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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths.
TABLE 7.
Morbidity Rates.*
Borough, Metropolis, and Districts Circumjacent to the Borough.
| Disease. | Paddington. | London. | Kensington. | Westminster. | Marylebone. | Hampstead. | Willesden. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean | 1910 | Mean. | ||
| Smallpox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | - | |
| Diphtheria†| 0.78 | 1.03 | 1.13 | 1.60 | 0.87 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 1.00 | 1.66 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.65 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.36 | 0.62 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.58 | |
| Fevers | Scarlet | 1.70 | 3.81 | 2.16 | 4.39 | 1.43 | 2.42 | 1.48 | 2.92 | 1.66 | 3.08 | 1.50 | 3.11 | 1.89 | 4.05 |
| Enteric‡ | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.26 | |
| Puerperal | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
| Mean rates for Quinquennium 1905-09. | |||||||||||||||
* Compiled from the Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General. Rates per 1,000 persons, except those from
puerperal fever (per 1,000 females).
† Including Membranous Croup.
‡ Including Continued Fever.
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough last year numbered 2,004 and were 150 fewer in
number than in the preceding year (2,154) and 192 less than the annual average for the ten
years 1900-09. In the first five years of that period (1900-09) the deaths registered locally
averaged 2,205 and in the second, 2,128, although the estimated population steadily increased
during the whole time. The crude death-rate* was 13.14 per 1,000 persons, as compared
with corresponding rates of 14.22 in 1909, and 13.58 in 1908, and a mean rate of 14.87 for the
decennium, the mean rates for the two quinquennia included therein being 15.50 and 14.18.
(Table I, Appendix A). Comparing the crude rates recorded in each quarter of last year
with the corresponding rates for the preceding quinquennium (see below), it appears that last
year's rates for the first three quarters were each below the mean, and that in the fourth
quarter there was a comparatively trifling increase.
Quarters. 1 2 3 4
1910. 14.73 13.23 10.02 14.73
1905-09. 16.98 13.64 11.87 14.59
Differences - 2.25 - 0.41 - 1.85 + 0.14
The deaths registered in the Borough included 381 of persons who were non-residents,
one more than the annual average for 1900-09, while 175 deaths of residents (average, 202)
occurred beyond the Borough, giving a nett total of 1,795 deaths of residents during the year,
169 fewer than the nett total for 1909, and 220 less than the decennial average (2,015). Last
year's nett death-rate was 11.77 per 1,000 persons, which was 1.19 less than that for 1909,
and 1.87 less than the decennial mean. The mean nett rates for the two quinquennia were,
* "Crude death rate" is the term applied to the rate based on the deaths as registered in the Borough.
"Nett death rate" is the rate based on the corrected total of deaths, i.e., after deducting those of non-residents
dying within the Borough and adding those of residents dying outside the Borough.
"Corrected death rate" is the rate obtained after correcting the nett rate by the application of factors based
on the differences between the sex-age composition of the local population and that of the district (England and
Wales or London, as the case may be) selected as the "standard district."