Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE 10. Numbers of Notifications in Paddington and London since commencement of Act of 1889. (From Reports of Metropolitan Asylums Board.)
1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PADDINGTON. | Smallpox | ... | ... | 3 | 68 | 28 |
Scarlet Fever | 214 | 259 | 541 | 778 | 288 | |
Diphtheria | 225 | 180 | 168 | 279 | 374 | |
Membranous Croup | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | |
Enteric Fever | 58 | 65 | 47 | 67 | 71 | |
Typhus Fever | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Continued Fever | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Erysipelas | 90 | 135 | 115 | 240 | 123 | |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 5 | |
Total | 594 | 649 | 886 | 1,466 | 901 | |
Estimated population | 118,736 | 117,838 | 120,421 | 120,421 | 121,583 | |
Sickness-rate | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 12.1 | 7.4 | |
LONDON. | Smallpox | 60 | 114 | 423 | 2,813 | 1,192 |
Scarlet Fever | 15,330 | 11,398 | 27,095 | 36,901 | 18,440 | |
Diphtheria | 5,870 | 5,907 | 7,781 | 13,026 | 10,665 | |
Membranous Croup | 550 | 505 | 565 | 668 | 535 | |
Enteric Fever | 2,877 | 3,372 | 2,465 | 3,663 | 3,360 | |
Typhus Fever | 35 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 21 | |
Relapsing Fever | 7 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
Continued Fever | 237 | 152 | 147 | 205 | 162 | |
Cholera | 25 | 23 | 54 | 86 | 21 | |
Erysipelas | 4,598 | 4,764 | 6,934 | 9,700 | 6,080 | |
Puerperal Fever | 206 | 221 | 337 | 397 | 253 | |
Total | 29,795 | 26,522 | 45,828 | 67,485 | 40,721* | |
Estimated population | 4,180,021 | 4,221,452 | 4,263,294 | 4,306,411 | 4,349,166 | |
Sickness-rate | 7.1 | 6.2 | 10.7 | 15.6 | 9.3 |
* Excluding 204 cases of "Diarrhœa" specially notified.
From this Table it appears that the sickness-rate
for Paddington was in each of the five years below
that for the Metropolis, the difference varying from
3.5 in 1893, to 0.7 in 1891. In future Reports,
quinquennial averages will be available for the
purposes of comparison, but on this occasion it must