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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Thirty-three cases of tuberculosis came to the knowledge of the Department during the year otherwise than by formal notification. These are classified as follows:-
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Death Returns from Local Registrars | 6(8) | 3(2) | -(-) | -(1) |
| Death Returns from Registrar-General | 5(3) | 2(1) | -(2) | -(-) |
| Posthumous notifications | 2(3) | -(1) | -(1) | -(-) |
| Transfers from other areas (excluding transferable deaths) | 11(9) | -4(7) | -(-) | -(2) |
| Totals | 24(23) | 9(11) | -(3) | -(3) |
The following table shows the age distribution of the 269 cases:—
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55- | 65— | 75— | Total All Ages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary-Male | -(-) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 5 (7) | 3 (-) | 8 (7) | 12 (15) | 38 (44) | 29 (35) | 21 (34) | 10 (15) | 5 (8) | 1 (1) | 135 (168) |
| Pulmonary-Female | - (1) | 1 (1) | 5 (1) | - (1) | - (7) | 7 (10) | 32 (27) | 34 (49) | 21 (17) | 4 (18) | 3 (5) | 3 (—) | 1 (-) | 111 (137) |
| Non-Pulmonary-Male | 1 (-) | 1 (1) | 1(-) | - (2) | 1 (1) | - (1) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | -(-) | - (1) | - (-) | — (—) | - (-) | 7 (10) |
| Non-Pulmonary-Female | - (2) | -(-) | 1 (2) | - (3) | 1 (1) | - (1) | 4 (5) | 4 (3) | 2 (-) | 2 (-) | 1 (1) | -(-) | 1 (-) | 16 (18) |
| Total | 1 (3) | 4 (3) | 8 (4) | 5 (13) | 5 (9) | 15 (19) | 50 (50) | 77 (97) | 52 (52) | 27 (53) | 14 (21) | 8 (8) | 3 (1) | 269 (333) |
The ward distribution ot the cases notified during 1950 is as follows :—
| Ward | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Queens Park | 10 (10) | 4 (3) | 1 (-) | 3 (-) | 18 (13) |
| Harrow Road | 21 (16) | 20 (24) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 43 (43) |
| Maida Vale | 23 (42) | 19 (32) | 1 (2) | 4 (3) | 47 (79) |
| Westbourne | 29 (26) | 20 (33) | 1 (2) | 3 (5) | 53 (66) |
| Church | 8 (21) | 12 (14) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 24 (39) |
| Town | 2 (6) | 8 (3) | - (-) | - (-) | 10 (9) |
| Lancaster Gate, W. | 18 (15) | 9 (10) | - (-) | 1 (-) | 28 (25) |
| Lancaster Gate, E. | 11 (19) | 13 (7) | - (1) | 1 (1) | 25 (28) |
| Hyde Park | 13 (13) | 6 (11) | 1 (2) | 1 (5) | 21 (31) |
| Borough | 135 (168) | 111 (137) | 7 (10) | 16 (18) | 269 (333) |
Deaths.—The numbers of deaths from tuberculosis, and the death rates for each year from 1939 are set out in the
following table:—