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Paddington 1897
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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Prior to 1897, the smallest number of cases of this
disease recorded in any year was 7 in 1891, when
there were six deaths in North and one in South
Paddington. In no other year has the total fallen
below 11. The largest number in any year was 103
in 1896.
Whooping Cough.
| No. of Cases Fatality | Not known. | |||
| No. of Deaths | 1897 | 40 | 1896 | 47 |
| Mortality | „ | 0.31 | „ | 0.37 |
The deaths recorded were ten below the average
for 1887-96, 19 below that for 1887-91, and 1 below
that for 1892-96. In North Paddington the deaths
were 8, 15, and 2 below the corresponding averages,
and in South 2 and 4 below, and 1 above. The mortality
in North Paddington was 0.08 below the
mean, and 0.06 below in South.
Fever.*
| No. of Cases | 1897 | 45 | 1896 | 62 |
| No. of Deaths | „ | 7 | „ | 16 |
| Fatality | „ | 15.5 | „ | 25.7 |
| Mortality | „ | 0.05 | „ | 0.12 |
The deaths in the Parish were nine below the
average for 1887-96, in North Paddington 6, and
in South Paddington 3. The mortality in the
Parish was 0'07 below the mean, in North Paddington
0.06, and in South, 0.08. So small a number of
deaths has not been recorded since 1892. The local
rate was the lowest of all the rates mentioned in
Table 16.
* See footnote to Table 17.