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account of the series will be found in the Report for
the Second Quarter of the Year.

With the exception of 1894, when 382 cases were
reported, last year's total is the highest recorded since
the introduction of notification. The following are
the figures for each year :—
1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896.
North Paddington 199 160 134 237 340 209 195
South „ 25 24 39 57 42 28 47
Paddington 224 184 173 294 382 237 242
Last year 275 cases were reported from North
Paddington (64 in excess of the seven years' average),
and 47 from South Paddington (10 in excess of the
average). In the first quarter of the year 66 cases
were recorded in the whole Parish, 82 in the second,
89 in the third, and 85 in the last. Whilst the
cases were fairly equally distributed over the four quarters
in North Paddington (the totals for each quarter
were 62, 71, 66, and 76), there was a special incidence
on the second and third quarters in the South
(the figures were 4, 11, 23, and 9). The cases in the
two minor outbreaks indicated in the figures were
reported from streets to the west of Queen's Road, the
greater proportion from Salem Gardens. A
•Throughout the Report, unless otherwise stated, "diphtheria" includes
"membranous croup."