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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 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TABLE 7. Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London. (Corrected for duplicates.)
| Notifications Received. | Sickness Rates. † | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington. | London. | Paddington. | London. | ||||||
| 1897. | Difference from Average.* | 1897. | Difference from Average.* | 1897. | 1896. | 1897. | 1896. | ||
| Smallpox | 1 | -16 | 105 | -725 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
| Cholera | 1 | 38 | +3 | 0.00 | o.oo | 0.00 | |||
| Diphtheria | 312 | +70 | 12,811 | + 3,181 | 2.47 | 1.84 | 2.87 | 2.98 | |
| Membr. Croup | 10 | +4 | 388 | -144 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.09 | |
| Erysipelas | 136 | +4 | 5,800 | -512 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 1.29 | 1.43 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 491 | +21 | 22,876 | +789 | 3.88 | 6.24 | 5.12 | 5.72 |
| Typhus | ... | ... § | 4 | -17 | ... | ... | o.oo | 0.00 | |
| Enteric | 45 | -18 | 3,113 | -94 | 0.35 | 0.48 | 0.69 | 0.71 | |
| Relapsing | ... | 1 | -8 | ... | ... | o.oo | 0.00 | ||
| Continued | ... | -3 | 65 | -94 | ... | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| Puerperal | 7 | 1 | 264 | -12 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | |
| Totals | 1,003 | +62 | 45,465 | +2,367 | 7.94 | 9.68 | 10.18 | 11.10 | |
* Averages for years 1890-1896 inclusive, adjusted to nearest whole numbers.
† Per 1,000 of populations. ... indicates no case. 0.00, a rule under 0.01.
§ Only one case of each of these diseases during the seven years.
diminutions. It is noteworthy that with the increase in
the number of notifications of diphtheria, there has
been a diminution in the notifications of membranous
croup. How far such diminution is due to casesformerly
described as membranous croup being now reported as
diphtheria, it is impossible to say. It may, however, be