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Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TABLE 8, Comparison of Notification Rates, 1894-97. Per 1,000 estimated living in each Sex-Age-Group.
| District. | Age-group. | Year. | MALES. | FEMALES. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | All Diseases. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | All Diseases. | ||||||
| Scarlet. | Enteric & Continued. | Scarlet. | ???nteric & Continued. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||
| PADDINGTON. | 0—5 | 1897 | — | 11.3 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 25.7 | — | 11.4 | 0.9 | 13.0 | 0.5 | — | 25.7 |
| 1896 | — | 11.1 | 0.8 | 16.9 | 0.1 | 29.1 | — | 7.9 | 0.6 | 16.6 | — | _ | 25.1 | ||
| 1895 | — | 7.4 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 0.1 | 19.6 | — | 5.7 | 0.1 | 9.8 | — | _ | 15.7 | ||
| 1894 | 0.5 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 23.9 | 0.3 | 12.8 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.1 | — | 20.3 | ||
| 5 & over. | 1897 | — | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 8.6 | * | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.8 | |
| 1896 | * | 1.1 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 9.0 | * | 1.0 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.0 | ||
| 1895 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 5.9 | * | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 1894 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | * | 5.8 | ||
| All ages. | 1897 | — | 2.8 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 8.6 | * | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.5 | |
| 1896 | * | 2.2 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 11.2 | * | 1.6 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 1895 | o.l | 2.1 | 0.V | 3.8 | 0.6 | 7.5 | * | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.4 | ||
| 1894 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | * | 7.0 | ||
| ST. MARY. | 0—5 | 1897 | — | 13.2 | 1.2 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 26.5 | — | 12.0 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 06 | — | 27.4 |
| 1896 | — | 11.1 | l.0 | 17.8 | _ | 30.0 | — | 8.3 | 0.7 | 17.4 | — | — | 26.5 | ||
| 1895 | — | 7.6 | 0.8 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 20.9 | — | 6.4 | 0.2 | 10.3 | — | — | 16.9 | ||
| 1894 | 0.6 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 25.7 | 0.2 | 14 .4 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.2 | — | 22.6 | ||
| 18 97 | — | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 7.0 | * | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 1896 | * | 1.0 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 9.3 | * | 1.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 1895 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 6.6 | * | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 1894 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | * | 6.7 | ||
| All ages. | 1897 | — | 3.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 9.7 | * | 2.8 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.1 | |
| 1896 | * | 2.2 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 11.8 | * | 1.9 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 1895 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 8.4 | * | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.5 | ||
| 1894 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 | ♦ | 8.2 | ||
| ST. JOHN. | 0—5 | 1897 | — | 10.4 | 1.0 | 10.4 | — | 21.8 | — | 7.9 | — | 8.9 | — | 16.8 | |
| 1896 | — | 11.2 | — | 12.2 | 1.0 | 24.5 | — | 5.8 | — | 12.6 | — | — | 18.5 | ||
| 1895 | — | 6.4 | — | 6.4 | — | 12.8 | — | 2.0 | — | 7.2 | — | — | 9.2 | ||
| 1894 | — | 4.2 | — | 8.5 | 2.1 | 14.9 | 10 | 5.0 | — | 3.0 | — | — | 9.1 | ||
| ??? & over. | 1897 | _ | 1.3 | (1.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 4.6 | — | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0-3 | — | 2.8 | |
| 1896 | — | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 8.0 | _ | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | o-i | — | 3.7 | ||
| 1895 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | * | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0-4 | — | 3.6 | ||
| 1894 | * | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0-5 | 3.9 | |||
| All ages. | 1897 | — | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 6.0 | — | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0-3 | — | 3.4 | |
| 1896 | — | 2.3 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 9.5 | — | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0-1 | — | 4.4 | ||
| 1895 | _ | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0-3 | _ | 3.8 | |||
| 1894 | * | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0-5 | * | 3.9 | ||
— No cases notified. * Rates under 0.1 per thousand.