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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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NOTIFICATIONS. TABLE 17. Notifications, 1901.
| Disease. | Registration Sub-Districts. | London. | Sickness Rates, 1901. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | N.-W. Paddington. | |||||||||
| 1901. | Dep. from Average. # | 1901. | Dep. from Average. * | 1901. | Dep. from Average. * | 1901. | Dep. from Average. * | Paddington. | London. | ||
| Small-pox | 18 | + 7 | 4 | + 2 | .. | -1 | 1,706 | +1,092 | 0.15 | 0.38 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | -0 | .. | .. | 3 | -28 | .. | 0.00 | |
| Diphtheria | 192 | -20 | 40 | + 4 | 106 | + 58 | 11,976 | + 635 | 2.34 | 2.64 | |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | -2 | .. | -0 | 1 | + 0 - | 189 | -262 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |
| Erysipelas | 111 | -11 | 15 | -6 | 15 | -4 | 4,626 | -1,598 | 0.98 | 1.02 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 394 | + 1 | 71 | -9 | 38 | -47 | 18,421 | -3,123 | 3.49 | 4.05 |
| Typhus | .. | -0 | .. | -0 | .. | .. | 21 | + 6 | .. | 0.00 | |
| Enteric | 70 | + 17 | 12 | -2 | 10 | + 2 | 3,202 | -320 | 0.64 | 0.70 | |
| Relapsing | .. | -0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | -6 | .. | .. | |
| Continued | .. | -2 | .. | -0 | .. | .. | 49 | -67 | .. | 0.01 | |
| Puerperal .. | 9 | + 1 | .. | -0 | 1 | + 0 | 251 | -35 | 0.07 | 0.05 | |
| Totals ,, | 798 | -9 | 142 | -11 | 171 | + 8 | 40,444 | - 3,706 | 7.70 | 8.86 | |
* Decennial average in each case corrected for change in population and adjusted to nearest whole number.
TABLE 18. Notifications, 1901.
| Ages. | Small-pox. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet. | Enteric. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | f. | |
| 0-1 .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. |
| 1- | .. | 1 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
| 2- | .. | - . . | 15 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 18 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 8- | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 26 | 26 | .. | 1 | .. |
| 4- | .. | .. | 20 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 24 | .. | .. | .. |
| 5- | 1 | 1 | 83 | 80 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 108 | 143 | 6 | 1 | .. |
| 13- | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .. |
| 15- | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | .. | .. | 6 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 16 | 21 | 1 |
| 25- | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 | .. | .. | 33 | 50 | 11 | 14 | 2 2 | 13 | 9 |
| 65 and over | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Totals | 12 | 10 | 156 | 182 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 87 | 227 | 276 | 52 | 40 | 10 |