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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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tuberculous diseases.
TABLE 21. Analysis of New Cases. 1910.
| Dispensary. | Poor Law | Other Medical Sources. | Lay Reports. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| " Definite." D | " Suspect." S | |||||
| Total Cases Certified | 252 | 249 | 133 | 18 | 26 | 678 |
| Survivors-1909 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 49* |
| Dispensary-D | ... | ... | 12 | - | 3 | 15 |
| „ -s | ... | ... | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Poor Law | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | 1 |
| New Cases Certified | 233 | 247 | 93 | 15 | 22 | 610 |
| New cases dying during year | 13 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 42 | |
| Including deaths from Phthisis | 13 | - | 19 | 2 | 4 | 38 |
| Other causes | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Lost sight of (removals) | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Diagnosis reviewed | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Reported cured (arrested) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Survivors, 1911 | 219 | 245 | 65 | 11 | 18 | 558 |
* Excluding the four cases specially noted in the preceding table.
TABLE 22.
New Cases Reported and Deaths Among Same.
1910.
| Ages (years). | All ages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1- | 5- | 10— | 15- | 25- | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Males. | Females | Persons | |||||||||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||||
| Definite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | - | - | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 77 | 156 | 233 | |
| Poor Law | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 54 | 39 | 93 | |
| OtherMed'c'l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11* | 4 | 15 | ||
| Totals | - | - | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 49 | 20 | 50 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 142 | 199 | 341 | |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 23 | 11 | 34 | |
| Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Suspect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | - | - | 11 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 97 | 150 | 247 | |
| Lay Reports | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10† | 22 | |
| Totals | - | - | 12 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 109 | 160 | 269 | |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| * One age not stated. †Two ages not stated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||