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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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48 mortality of childhood.
MULTIPLE CASES—NOT REPORTED.
| No. of Case | Initials. | Sex. | Age. Yr. | Date of Onset. | Notes of attacks not reported. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F.M. | M | 6/12 | 2, x. | F.M.'s brother (ætat. 3) reported to have had diarrhœa just previously to 2, x. |
| 2 | F.N. | M | 10/12 | 14, viii. | E.C., f, 11/12, sickened with diarrhœa 15, viii. |
| 3 | W.B. | M | 3/12 | 18, x. | Mother suffering from diarrhœa when Inspector called on 25, x. |
| 4 | M.M. | F | 1 | 21, x. | History of father having had diarrhœa. |
| 5 | W.D. | M | 4/12 | 25, ix. | A sister, ætat. 9, had diarrhœa 28, ix. |
| 6 | E.G. | F | 6/12 | 29, viii. | An elder child had diarrhæa 5, ix., and E.G. a relapse on same day. |
| 7 | V.B. | F | 1 | 13, ix. | Father of V.B. had diarrhœa, 8, ix. |
| 8 | L.W. | F | 1 | 24, viii. | L.W. played with a child who died of diarrhœa on 17, viii. |
| 9 | F.P. | m | 1 | 11, viii. | F.P.'s brother (ætat. 9) and mother had diarrhœa about 4, viii. |
| 10 | S.W. | M | 10/12 | 3, viii. | An infant living on another floor of same house attacked at about 3, viii. |
| 11 | R.R. | m | 1 | 5, ix. | R.R.'s mother had diarrhœa at same date. Three other persons (not R. family) also ill about same date. |
| 12 | H.W. | M | 8/12 | 30, ix. | A child (ætat. 1) living in house had diarrhœa 27, ix. |
| 13 | W.B. | M | 1 | 12, ix. | A child living on floor below W.B. had diarrhœa prior to 12, ix. |
| 14 | J.F. | m | 11/12 | 30, viii. | Mother had diarrhœa 21, viii., and a sister (ætat 3) 22, viii. |
| 15 | E.W. | m | 2/12 | 9, x. | Children of D. family in same house had diarrhœa prior to 9, x. |
| 16 | J.S. | F | 1 | 24, viii. | G.S., m (ætat. 5), attacked 24, viii. |
| 17 | C.A. | m | 1/12 | 17, ix. | E.E., f (ætat. 2), attacked 22, ix. |
| 18 | N.E. | F | 1 | 13, x. | History of earlier case in another family living in the house. |
| 19 | T.P. | M | 2 | 27, ix. | All children of P. family had diarrhæa prior to 27, ix. A child of F. family, the same house, sickened 4, x. |
| 20 | S.B. | M | 6 | 1, ix. | E.B. had attack of diarrhæa 6, vii. |
| 21 | D.P. | F | 5 | 23, viii. | L.P., f (ætat. 3), and W.P., f (æt. 7/12), had diarrhœa prior to 2, ix. (date of call by Inspector). |
| 22 | I.N. | m | 1 | 18, viii. | Child from floor above, ill with diarrhœa, nursed by mother of I.N. in her rooms just prior to 18, viii. |
| 23 | F.W. | M | 1 | 12, viii. | Mother and 3 children of family R. in same house had diarrhœa, 6, viii. |
| 24 | H.E. | M | 1 | (?) 22, ix. | A.E., m (ætat. 2), and B.E., m (ætat. 4) taken ill about same date. |
Mortality among Illegitimate Children.—Forty-five (45) illegitimate children, 12 of whom
were non-residents, died at ages under five years in the Borough last year, one more than
in 1908. Two (2) children belonging to Paddington died outside the Borough, making a
nett total of 35 deaths (7 less than in 1908), 19 of the children being males and 16 females.
Twenty-eight (28) of the children were under one year old. Calculated on the number
of illegitimate births registered locally, last year's illegitimate infantile mortality was at the
rate of 244 per 1,000 births, as compared with 214 in 1908, and a quinquennial mean rate of
246. The corresponding rates for legitimate children are—1909, 99; 1908, 105; and 1904-08,.
112. The fully corrected mortality was 250 per 1,000 births among illegitimate children and
95 among legitimate, the mean rates (1904-08) being 222 and 109 respectively. On the
opposite page will be found particulars as to the mortality rates for the two sexes, occupations
of the mothers, and causes of death.