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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 1894

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894

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NOTIFICATIONS.
During the year 897 cases of infectious disease
were notified from the whole Parish, equal to a rate
of 7.38 per 1,000 of the estimated population at all
ages. From the Sub-District of St. Mary there were
notified 750 cases (equal to 8.41 per 1,000), and from
that of St. John, 147 (equal to 4.51). These figures
are corrected for duplicate notifications only.

Table: TABLE 7. Cases of sickness notified and Sickness-rates for 1894. Corrected for duplicate notifications only.

TABLE 7. Cases of sickness notified and Sickness-rates for 1894. Corrected for duplicate notifications only.

Paddington.St. Mary.St. John.
QuartersYr.QuartersYr.QuartersYr.
123412341234
Smallpox5310102843610231...4...5
Cholera.............................................
Diphtheria7798951023726387879333014118942
Membr. Croup124310124310...............
Erysipelas453117281213723151994882927
Fevers.Scarlet7796655128968775538238919101351
Relapsing.............................................
Typhus.............................................
Enteric141614267011131115503331120
Continued...1...23...1...12.........11
Puerperal121...4...21...31.........1
Totals22024920622289718420817917975036412743147
Sickness-rates per 1,000 persons in each District7.268.226.807.417.388.299.378.078.076.174.435.053.325.304.51