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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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WHOOPING COUGH.
TABLE 29. Whooping Cough.
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 13— | 15— | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
| Cases | 23 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 41 | 37 | 45 | 45 | 113 | 130 | - | - | - | 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Fatality- | ||||||||||||||||
| 1909 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 3.5 | - | 13.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 1908 | 28.5 | 42.8 | 30.0 | - | 10.0 | - | 16.6 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — |
| 1907 | 36.0 | 36.6 | 29.4 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | - | 1.6 | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1906 | 18.1 | 9.0 | 28.5 | 40.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 1905 | 44.4 | 46.1 | 15.1 | 42.8 | 13.3 | 5.1 | 6.2 | - | — | 1.7 | - | 2.9 | - | - | - | — |
| 1904 | 8.3 | - | 21.0 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | — |
| 1903 | 60.0 | - | 24.1 | 39.3 | 10.3 | 15.0 | - | 2.2 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | 50 .0 |
TABLE 30. Whooping Cough.
| Locality. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | Mean Fatalitv, 1904-08. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park | C. | 8 | 126 | 31 | 112 | 41 | 113 | |
| D. | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| F. | 25.0 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Harrow Road | C. | 58 | 165 | 27 | 224 | 38 | 153 | |
| D. | 3 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 7 | ||
| F. | 5.1 | 7.2 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Maida Vale | C. | 4 | 48 | 22 | 65 | 16 | 51 | |
| D. | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| F. | 25.0 | 16.6 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 9.8 | ||
| Westbourne | C. | 45 | 39 | 17 | 76 | 13 | 58 | |
| D. | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | — | 6 | ||
| F. | 13.3 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 | — | 10.3 | ||
| Church | C. | 65 | 99 | 56 | 75 | 40 | 152 | |
| D. | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | ||
| F. | 4.6 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Lancaster Gate, West | C. | 7 | — | — | 13 | 2 | 7 | |
| D. | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| F. | — | ? | — | 7.6 | — | — | ||
| Lancaster Gate, East | C. | 4 | 17 | — | 1 | 9 | 3 | |
| D. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F. | 25.0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Hyde Park | C. | 5 | 46 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 24 | |
| D. | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| F. | — | 13.0 | 11.1 | — | — | — | ||
| Borough | C. | 196 | 540 | 171 | 589 | 170 | 561 | |
| D. | 16 | 50 | 13 | 50 | 11 | 36 | ||
| F. | 8.1 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
* C.—Cases. D.—Deaths. F.—Fatality per cent.