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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 1901

Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901

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Table: TABLE 15. Notifications, 1900 and 1901.

TABLE 15. Notifications, 1900 and 1901.

Disease.Paddington.*London.
1901.1900.Increase ( +) Decrease( -)1901.1900.Increase(+) Decrcase( -)
Small-pox225+ 171,70689+ 1,617
Cholera......35- 2
Diphtheria338171+ 16711,97611,799+ 177
Membranous Croup55+ 0 -189210-21
Erysipelas141139+ 24,6264,781-155
Fevers.Scarlet503338+ 16518,42113,819+ 4,602
Typjius..2-2217+ 14
Enteric9266+ 263,2024,314-1,112
Relapsing............
Continued..3-34973-24
Puerperal106+ 4251238+ 13
Totals1,111735+ 37640,44435,33d+ 5,109

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* For present area in both eases.

Table: TABLE 16. Notifications, 1901.

TABLE 16. Notifications, 1901.

Population, 1901.Small-pox.CHolera.Diphtheria.Memb. Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.Totals.
Scarlet.Typhus.Enteric.Relapsing.Continued.Puerperal.
Paddington144,18822..3385141503..92....101,111
0.15..3.340.030.983.49..0.64....0.077.70
Kensington176,78715..2509165477299..8101,035
0.08..1.420.050.932.70O.0l0.56..0.040.065.85
Westminster182,502101..2532117482..106..261,069
0.55..1.380.010.642.69..0.58..0.010.035.85
Marylebone133,06079..2571184397..82....41,004
0.59..1.930.011.382.98..0.62....0.037.54
Hampstead82,2877..151250219..51..14485
0.08..1.840.020.012.66..0.62..0.010.055.89
Willesden116,6328..395580548..56....11,093
0.07..3.390.040.684.70..0.48....0.019.37

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Notification Rates per 1,000 persons indicated in italic figures.