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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 1895

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1895

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Table: TABLE 10.—Comparative Table of Notifications, corrected for duplicates.

TABLE 10.—Comparative Table of Notifications, corrected for duplicates.

1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.Aver.1895.
PADDINGTON.Smallpox...23712820.810
Cholera..................1
Diphtheria223182170284372246.2226
Membranous Croup.12310105.211
Erysipelas87138115242121140.6104
Fevers.Scarlet212266539776289416.4416
Typhus.........1....2...
Enteric576849657061.870
Relapsing..................1
Continued...31633.4...
Puerperal5471847.68
Total5896658871,473897902.2847
Population, estim't'd118,736117,838119,260120,48C121,500119,564122,750
Sickness-rates4.95.67.412.27.37.56.9
LONDON.Smallpox601144232,8131,192920.4984
Cholera252354862141.827
Diphtheria5,8705,9077,78113,02610,6658649.810,787
Membranous Croup.550505565668535564.6451
Erysipelas4,5984,7646,9349,7006,0806415.25,667
Fevers.Scarlet15,33011,39827,09536,90118,44021832.819,769
Typhus352720222125.015
Enteric2,8773,3722,4653,6633,3603147.43,513
Relapsing73974211.83
Continued237152147205162180.6105
Puerperal206221337397253282.8236
Total29,79526,52245,82867,48540,73142072.241,557
Population4,180,0214,221,4524,263,2944,306,4114,319,1464,264.0691,392,346
Sickness-rates7.16.210.715.69.39.89.4

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reason of the epidemic of scarlet fever in 1893, the
average number of cases of scarlet fever in Paddington
appears to be 416, the same as the total
recorded last year, which, as already stated, was
an exceptional one. In London the average for
this disease was 21,833, and last year's total
19,769. It will, therefore, be better simply to call
attention to the Table, without entering into a
discussion thereon.