London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1898

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898

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Table: TABLE 6. NOTIFICATIONS. Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London, with the respective averages for 1890-97. (Corrected for duplicates.)

TABLE 6. NOTIFICATIONS. Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London, with the respective averages for 1890-97. (Corrected for duplicates.)

Notifications.Sickness Rates.
Paddington.London.Paddington.London.
1898.Difference from Average.11898.Difference from Average.*1898.1897.1896.1898.1897.1896.
Smallpox...-1635-736...0.000.030.000.020.05
Cholera...0†23-14...0.00...0.000.000.00
Diphtheria254-1111,561+ 1,1121.982.471.842.562.872.98
Membr. Croup4-3310-2250.030.070.060.060.080.09
Erysipelas130-105,180-1,3301.011.070.921.121.291.43
Fevers.Scarlet303-19516,917-6,2002.373.886.243.755.125.72
Typhus...0‡18-1.........0.000.000.00
Enteric74+ 113,032-2980.570.350.480.670.690.71
Relapsing...0‡1-8.........0.000.000.00
Continued2055-980.01...0.000.010.010.02
Puerperal54250-360.030.050.080.050.050.06
Totals772-22837,382-7,8346.047.949.688.2910.1811.10

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• Averages oorrected for changes in population, and adjusted 10 nearest whole
numbers.
+ Two cases of Cholera reported during the eight years.
‡X One case of each disease reported during the eight years.