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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 1909
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909
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diphtheria.
TABLE 12. Notifications in each Quarter of the Year.
| Borough. | Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| West. | East. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Diphtheria (and Membranous Croup) | 1909 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 66 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | - | 8 | ||
| 1904-08 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1909 | 137 | 181 | 176 | 135 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 47 | 53 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | |||||
| 1904-08 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever (and Continued Fever) | 1909 | 13 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1904-08 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1909 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1904-08 | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | 0 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"0" Represents average less than unity. "—" Represents no case reported during period,