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Paddington 1901

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

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH. appended Table shows, however, the numbers recorded at various ages in more detail than does Table IV. in the Appendix. Deaths from Diphtheria.

CAUSES OF DEATH. appended Table shows, however, the numbers recorded at various ages in more detail than does Table IV. in the Appendix. Deaths from Diphtheria.

1901.Registration Sub-Districts.
St. Mary.St. John.North-West Paddington.
Ages at Death. Years.m.f.m.f.m.f.
0—1—2————
1—51232155
5—1025——12
10—1511———1
15 and upwards.1——11

Table: The fatalities prevailing among cases treated in hospital and at home are indicated in the appended statement, the returns up to 1900 relating to Old Paddington:—

The fatalities prevailing among cases treated in hospital and at home are indicated in the appended statement, the returns up to 1900 relating to Old Paddington:—

Fatality among—1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.
Hospital Cases16.627.617.921.013.624.610.3
Home Cases25.227.224.131.517.110.324.6
Total Cases20.627.620.121.814.217.513.4
Percentage of Notified Cases Removed to Hospital53.050.063.964.382.771.478.7

Table: Fever.*

Fever.*

1901.1900.1899.1898.1897.
Number of cases reported92691128855
Number of deaths1514142011
Fatality16.320.312.522.720.0
Mortality0.100.090.090.140.07

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The 15 deaths were two below the annual average for the decennium, the reduction having
occurred in North-West Paddington. The numbers for the quinquennia and the decennium
indicate the slight fluctuations which take place in the actual number of deaths which have occurred
in each of the past ten years. As regards the mortality, the only change worthy of note is the
reduction recorded in North-West Paddington from a decennial mean rate of 0.12 to a rate of 0.05
last year. (See Tables 25 and 25A.)
The "fever" rates in the adjacent districts (See Table 24) were, with the exception of
Marylebone (rate of 0.60) and Westminster (0.10), below that for the Borough. The local rate was
below any of the rates recorded in London, or in the sub-divisions of the country. (Se Table 26.)
* In the local returns this term is synonymous with " enteric (typhoid) fever,' in other districts it includes
" typhus" and " simple continued " fevers, diseases which are practically extinct in the Borough.