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In these Tables the cases notified have been
distributed among the age-groups used throughout
this Report, the sexes and districts being distinguished.
It will be seen from Table 11 that the
rates for all diseases were lower in South Paddington
than in North. In 1894, the only group in the South
showing a higher rate was that of "15.25." In the
whole Parish the rates for all age-groups, except that of
"15.25," were lower last year than in 1894.
Table 11a shows a greater incidence of disease on
males than on females, even in the case of diphtheria,
which is usually said to be a disease to which females are
specially prone. The total rates for this disease among
males were 2.4 and 0-8 per 1,000 living in North and
South Paddington respectively, and among females 2.1
and 0.8. In North Paddington the age-group rates for
males were higher than those for females, except at ages
5-15 and 15-25; the rates for the former group being—
males 4'8, and females 6'6, and for the latter group,
1.0 and 1.3. In South Paddington higher rates for
females prevailed at ages 5.15 (viz., 2.3 f., and 2.2
m.), 15-25 (0.2 f., and 0.0 m.), and 25-65 (0.7 f.,
and 0.0 m.). With regard to scarlet fever in North
Paddington, the group 5-15 alone had a higher
rate among females than males; the rates being—
11.9 for females, and 10.9 for males, whilst
in South Paddington the groups 5-15 and 15-25
showed the same feature, the rates being—7.7 for
males, and 7.8 for females in the former group, and