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Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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PUERPERAL FEVER.
first case was that of It. A., a female, aged 23, a laundry hand, who sickened on the 28th May, the
second being L. D. (female, aged 32), who sickened on 21st July, and the third, C. D. (her son),
aged 2, who sickened on 15th August. The third case was probably due to direct infection from
the second.
In Cirencester Street cases occurred in three houses adjacent to each other, viz.:—
House a m., 14, sickened 3rd August, to hospital 6th August.
„ b f., 23, „ 25th December, '00 „ 17th January.
m., 5, „ (?) „ 13th April.
„ c m., 17, „ 11th March, „ 16th March.
In Kilburn Park Road eases occurred similar in two adjacent houses, viz.:—
House x m., 19, sickened 6th February, to hospital 26th February.
„ y m., 57, „ 23rd August, treated at home.
Removals to Hospital.—Fifty-eight of the 92 cases (63 per cent.) were treated in hospital; of the
cases in St. Mary's Sub-District, 65.7 per cent, were removed; from St. John's, 75.0 per cent.; and
from North-West Paddington, 30.0 per cent. From the two first the removals to hospital were
equal to 67.0 per cent, of the notified cases, compared with 76.1 per cent, in 1900, 77.5 per cent, in
1899, and 60.0 per cent, in 1898.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
| Paddington. | London. | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases reported in 1901 | 10 | 251 |
| Average annual number, 1891-1900 | 9 | 286 |
| Case-rate, 1901 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
This disease, if the notifications really represent one disease, which is doubtful, does not
decrease to the extent desired. The recorded cases were 1 in excess of the average for the 10 years
1891-1900, and the case-rate, based on the total estimated population, was higher in the Borough
than in the Metropolis. It was also the highest of the rates included in Table 18.
A better criterion is the proportion whieli the cases bear to the registered births, but this comparison cannot be made completely as the births in North-West Paddington prior to 1901 are not known.
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Average | Average | ||||
| 1891-1900. | 1901. | 1891-1900. | 1901. | 1891-1900. | 1901, | |
| Births | 2,518 | 2,536 | 440 | 389 | 434 | |
| Cases notified | 8 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Per cent, of Births | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.09 | — | 0.34 | |
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
In Table 20 the cases reported in connection with the schools during the year have been
tabulated, distinguishing the numbers of scholars who were ill from those of patients from whose
households children attended school. It has been found impracticable to prevent overlapping of
the returns, so that entries occasionally appear both under "Scholars" and "Others," relating to a
single case. The same error has, however, prevailed in all the preceding reports, and affects the
"others " column only.