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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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76 Food supervision.
TABLE 49.
| "Clarendon Street Area" | Rest of Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908. | 1909. | 1908. | 1909. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Diphtheria | 0.71 | 2.00 | 0.96 | 1.11 |
| Erysipelas | 2.55 | 1.84 | 0.58 | 0.64 |
| Scarlet Fever ... ... | 14.17 | 13.55 | 3.92 | 3.73 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.42 | 0.92 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | — | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Mortality—All Causes— | ||||
| All ages * | 23.08 | 30.04 | 11.78 | 12.20 |
| 0—10 years | 32.11 | 50.96 | 19.57 | 16.67 |
| 10- „ | 18.88 | 20.17 | 10.38 | 11.35 |
| Infantile Mortality † | 173 | 220 | 99 | 89 |
| Institution Deaths ‡ | 63.1 | 48.1 | 32.3 | 31.7 |
* Rates per 1,000 persons. † Per 1,000 births, fully corrected. ‡ Per 100 deaths.
Common Lodging Houses.
At the Licensing Session of last year 7 houses were licensed in the Borough—6 for men
(195 beds) and 1 for women (40 beds). Such premises are under the supervision of the
County Council, but the Inspectors of the Department visit them from time to time.
No cases of infectious illness occurred during the year among the lodgers. There were
6 deaths, the causes of which were:—
Tubercular Disease
Old Age
Cancer
Heart Disease
1 each. Respiratory Diseases 2
Inhabited House Duty.
Six applications, relating to 6 houses containing 31 tenements, for Certificates under Section
11 of the Revenue Act, 1903, were received last year, 4 certificates being issued, 1 refused (the
value of the house exceeded the limit), and 1 was held over. The 4 certificates related to 18
tenements.
FOOD SUPERVISION.
Slaughterhouses.—There were seven (7) slaughterhouses in use during the past year,
situate as described below :—
Bishop's Mews, No. 1. Portsdown Mews (No. 249 Maida Vale).
Southwick Mews, No. 15. Harrow Road, No. 125.
Edgware Road, No. 275. Upper Brook Mews, No. 6.
Chippenham Mews, No. 18.