London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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TABLE 8a. Sickness-rates, calculated on estimated numbers in each Age-Group. Corrected for duplicates only.
| MALES. | FEMALES. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | Total. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | Total. | ||||||
| Scarlet. | Enteric & Continued. | Puerperal. | Scarlet. | Enteric & Continued. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||
| PADDINGTON. | 0-1 | ... | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ... | ... | 7.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | ... | ... | 5.3 |
| 1-5 | 0.6 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 1.1 | ... | 28.7 | ... | 16.0 | 0.4 | 7.9 | 0.2 | ... | 24.6 | |
| 5-15 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 1.0 | ... | 15.1 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 0.2 | ... | 19.1 | |
| 15-25 | ... | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | ... | 3.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | * | 4.1 | |
| 25-65 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | ... | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | * | 2.9 | |
| 65 & over | ... | ... | 2.0 | ... | ... | ... | 2.0 | ... | ... | 2.1 | ... | 0.2 | ... | 3.4 | |
| 0-5 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 0.8 | ... | 23.9 | 0.3 | 12.8 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.1 | ... | 20.3 | |
| 5 & over | 0.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | ... | 5.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | * | 5.8 | |
| All ages | 0.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | ... | 7.92 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | * | 7.00 | |
| ST. MARY. | 0-1 | ... | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | ... | ... | 8.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | ... | ... | 5.4 |
| 1-5 | 0.8 | 17.7 | 1.0 | 10.3 | 0.8 | ... | 30.7 | ... | 18.1 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.2 | ... | 27.7 | |
| 5-15 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 1.1 | ... | 16.0 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 0.2 | ... | 21.8 | |
| 15-25 | ... | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | ... | 3.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | * | 4.3 | |
| 25-65 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | ... | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | * | 3.0 | |
| 65 & over | ... | ... | 2.1 | ... | ... | ... | 2.1 | ... | ... | 2.5 | ... | ... | ... | 2.5 | |
| 0-5 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 0.6 | ... | 25.7 | 0.2 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.2 | ... | 22.6 | |
| 5 & over | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | ... | 6.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.4 | * | 6.7 | |
| All ages | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | ... | 8.6 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 | * | 8.2 | |
| ST. JOHN. | 0-1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.1 |
| 1-5 | ... | 5.3 | ... | 10.6 | 2.6 | ... | 18.4 | ... | 6.3 | ... | 3.8 | ... | ... | 10.1 | |
| 5-15 | 0.5 | 3.3 | ... | 6.6 | 0.5 | ... | 11.0 | ... | 4.2 | ... | 3.3 | 0.4 | ... | 8.5 | |
| 15-25 | ... | 1.9 | ... | 1.5 | 0.7 | ... | 4.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ... | 3.8 | |
| 25-65 | ... | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ... | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | * | 2.7 | |
| 65 & over | ... | ... | 1.7 | ... | ... | ... | 1.7 | ... | ... | 0.9 | ... | 0.9 | ... | 1.9 | |
| 0-5 | ... | 4.2 | ... | 8.5 | 2.1 | ... | 14.9 | 1.0 | 5.0 | ... | 3.0 | ... | ... | 9.1 | |
| 5 & over | * | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | ... | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | * | 3.6 | |
| All ages | * | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | ... | 5.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | * | 3.9 | |
Note.—* Indicates a rate below 0.1 per 1,000 persons in each sex age-group
sub-division.