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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 9. Notifications of Infectious Disease in Districts coterminous with Paddington.
| District | Pop., 1897. | 1897. | Smallpox. | Cholera. | Diphtheria. | Membr. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fever. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet. | Typhus | Enteric. | Relap???in g | Continued. | Puerperal. | Total. | ||||||||
| PADDINGTON.* | 126,161* | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 61 | 5 | 37 | 97 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 210 |
| 2nd ,, | ... | 1 | 80 | 2 | 33 | 94 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 220 | ||
| 3rd „ | 1 | ... | 89 | ... | 38 | 133 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 274 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 82 | 3 | 28 | 167 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 2 | 292 | ||
| Year | l | 1 | 312 | 10 | 136 | 421 | ... | 45 | ... | ... | 7 | 1,003 | ||
| Rate † | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.47 | 0.07 | 1.07 | 3.89 | ... | ... | ... | 0.05 | 7.95 | |||
| KENSINGTON. | 171,427 | 1 st Qr. | ... | ... | 73 | 4 | 59 | 117 | ... | 21 | ... | 3 | 3 | 280 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 63 | 2 | 54 | 146 | ... | 18 | ... | 1 | 5 | 289 | ||
| 3rd „ | 1 | ... | 81 | 2 | 62 | 248 | ... | 31 | ... | ... | 2 | 427 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 165 | 2 | 62 | 238 | ... | 47 | ... | 1 | 6 | 461 | ||
| Year | 1 | ... | 322 | 10 | 237 | 749 | ... | 117 | ... | 5 | 16 | 1457 | ||
| Rate † | 0.00 | ... | 1.87 | 0.05 | 1.38 | 4.36 | ... | 0.68 | ... | 0.02 | 0.09 | 8.49 | ||
| CHELSEA. ‡ | 96,692 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 77 | 1 | 24 | 98 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 218 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 81 | 2 | 21 | 135 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 244 | |||
| 3rd ,, | ... | ... | 66 | ... | 22 | 145 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 250 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 83 | 3 | 31 | 111 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 3 | 245 | ||
| Year | ... | ... | 307 | 6 | 98 | 489 | ... | 52 | ... | ... | 5 | 957 | ||
| Rate† | ... | ... | 3.17 | 0.06 | 1.01 | 5.05 | ... | 0.53 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 9.89 | ||
| St. GEORGE,Hanover Square. | 80,330 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 16 | 41 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 80 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 24 | ... | 12 | 41 | ... | 9 | ... | 2 | ... | 88 | ||
| 3rd ,, | 1 | ... | 29 | ... | 8 | 45 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 93 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 52 | ... | 15 | 50 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 131 | ||
| Year | l | ... | 120 | ... | 51 | 117 | ... | 40 | ... | 2 | 1 | 392 | ||
| Rate † | 0.01 | ... | 1.49 | ... | 0.63 | 2.20 | ... | 0.49 | ... | 0.02 | 0.01 | 4.87 | ||
| St. MARYLE- BONE. | 140,808 | 1st Qr. | 1 | ... | 41 | 1 | 63 | 60 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 183 |
| 2nd „ | 2 | ... | 34 | ... | 54 | 93 | ... | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | 196 | ||
| 3rd „ | 1 | 2 | 68 | ... | 70 | 113 | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 2 | 278 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 76 | 2 | 67 | 131 | ... | 38 | ... | ... | 2 | 315 | ||
| Year | 4 | 2 | 218 | 3 | 254 | 397 | ... | 88 | ... | 1 | 5 | 972 | ||
| Rate † | 0.02 | 0.01 | 1.54 | 0.02 | 1.80 | 2.81 | ... | 0.62 | ... | 0.00 | 0.03 | 6.90 | ||
| WILLESDEN. 1 | 92,605 | 1st Qr. | 1 | ... | 63 | 1 | 26 | 117 | ... | 14 | ... | 1 | 3 | 225 |
| 2nd „ | ... | 1 | 40 | 3 | 19 | 89 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 163 | ||
| 3rd „ | ... | 1 | 56 | 1 | 27 | 121 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 223 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 120 | ... | 35 | 177 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 6 | 319 | ||
| Year | 1 | 2 | 279 | 5 | 106 | 604 | ... | 53 | ... | 1 | 9 | 960 | ||
| Rate † | 0.01 | 0.02 | 3.01 | 0.05 | 1.14 | 5.44 | ... | 0.57 | ... | 0.01 | 0.09 | 10.36 | ||
* The estimate given here is taken from the some source as the estimates for the
other districts and differs somewhat from the estimate arrived at by the Department's
calculations
† Rates per 1,000 of the estimated population.
‡Chelsea detached, otherwise Kensal New Town, is the only part co-terminous
with Paddington.