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It appears, therefore, that the Parish was not infected
to so great a degree as the Metropolis as a whole.
Diphtheria was but little prevalent in the first
quarter, and practically equally prevalent in the
remaining quarters of the year. In North Paddington
the joint sickness-rate from diphtheria and
membranous croup was 2.3 per 1,000, in South Paddington
0.8, and in London 2.5.
Enteric fever was prevalent to an almost equal
degree throughout the four quarters of the year. The
rates for this disease were—North and South Paddington
0.5 per 1,000 each, and London 0.8.
The total sickness-rate for London was 9.4 per
1,000, 2.5 above the rate for Paddington.
The first part of the Table 10 (dealing with
Paddington) has been compiled from the local
Registers, which during the past year have been
examined, indexed, and tabulated from the commencement
of notification; and the latter half (dealing
with London) is, as regards the years 1890-94, taken
from the Annual Report (1894) of the Statistical
Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and,
as regards last year, from the sheets published weekly
by the Local Government Board. Five complete
years having elapsed since the system was introduced,
quinquennial averages have been struck for each
disease and for the totals. It will be seen that
the disturbing influences of epidemic years are
not eliminated from these averages. Thus, by