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Paddington 1894

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......36828
Scarlet Fever214259541778288
Diphtheria225180168279374
Membranous Croup124109
Enteric Fever5865476771
Typhus Fever...1...1...
Relapsing Fever...............
Continued Fever13153
Cholera...............
Erysipelas90135115240123
Puerperal Fever547185
Total5946498861,466901
Estimated population118,736117,838120,421120,421121,583
Sickness-rate5.05.57.512.17.4
LONDON.Smallpox601144232,8131,192
Scarlet Fever15,33011,39827,09536,90118,440
Diphtheria5,8705,9077,78113,02610,665
Membranous Croup550505565668535
Enteric Fever2,8773,3722,4653,6633,360
Typhus Fever3527202221
Relapsing Fever739742
Continued Fever237152147205162
Cholera2523548621
Erysipelas4,5984,7646,9349,7006,080
Puerperal Fever206221337397253
Total29,79526,52245,82867,48540,721*
Estimated population4,180,0214,221,4524,263,2944,306,4114,349,166
Sickness-rate7.16.210.715.69.3

* 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