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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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inquests. 55
TABLE 39.
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1— | 2— | 3— | 4—5 | |||||||||||||
| 1910. | 1906-09. | 1910. | 1907-09. | 1910. | 1908-09. | 1910. | 1909. | |||||||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
| Measles | 13.63 | 12.81 | 8.34 | 2.79 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 1.40 | - | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.71 | _ | 0.69 | - | 0.71 | - | - | 0.74 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 7.17 | 1.50 | 0.69 | 0.09 | - | - | - | 1.48 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.71 | - | 0.69 | - | - | 0.74 | 1.40 | - | - | |||||||
| Diarrhœa | 5.02 | 2.26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | |||||
| Enteritis | 0.71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Congenital Malformations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.74 | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | |
| Atrophy and Debility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 4.30 | 2.26 | - | 0.69 | 1.42 | - | 0.70 | 0.74 | ||||||||
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rickets | 0.71 | 1.50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 0.70 | - | - | - | ||||
| Dentition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Respiratory Diseases | 9.33 | 8.28 | 2.78 | 0.69 | 1.42 | 0.74 | - | 0.70 | 0.74 | |||||||
| Accident and Violence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Other Causes | 2.15 | 5.27 | 0.69 | 2.09 | - | 1.48 | 1.40 | 0.74 | - | |||||||
| All Causes | 44.50 | 33.91 | 13.90 | 7.67 | 4.31 | 4.44 | 6.31 | 6.66 | ||||||||
The appended figures relating to the mortality among these children in the Insulæ are
given in continuation of those included in the previous report.
Mortality Rates in Combined
| Ages. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1— | 2_ | 3— | 4-5 | |||||||
| 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1909 | 1910 | 1910 | |
| Males | 52 | 35 | 53 | 67 | 21 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Females | 24 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
| Persons | 38 | 31 | 46 | 63 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
INQUESTS.
Last year 203 deaths were registered in the Borough on Coroners' certificates, 5 more
than in the preceding year, but 2 less than the annual average (205) for the five years 1905.09.
Of the 203 deceased persons, 60 were non-residents, and in out-lying districts 14 inquests were
held on residents, so that the corrected number of deaths which formed the subjects of
Coroner's inquisition during the year, was 157, equal to 8.7 of the total deaths of residents, as
compared with an average of 8.3 during 1905.09. The "findings" of the juries are tabulated
in Table 40, and are there compared with the average numbers for the preceding quinquennium.
The changes noted last year are quite insignificant.