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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 7. Notification of Infectious Diseases in Districts coterminous with Paddington.

TABLE 7. Notification of Infectious Diseases in Districts coterminous with Paddington.

DistrictPop., 1898.1898.Smallpox.CholeraDiphtheria.Membr. Croup.Erysipelas.Fever.All Diseases.
Scarlet.TyphusEnteric.Relapsing.Continued.Puerperal.
PADDINGTON.127,4801st Qr.......4514074...16.........176
2nd „......66...3588...5......2186
3rd „......5722571...16...i2174
4th „......9613070...37...11236
Year......2.544130303...74...26772
Rates † 1898......2.000.031.022.38...0-58...0.010.046.05
18970.000.002.470.071.073.89...0-36......0.057.95
St. MARYLE-BONE.140,4831 st Qr.......55...3465...14......2170
2nd „1...6914480...12......3200
3rd ,,......64...4788...20...22223
4th „......56...5779...65......2249
Year1...2341182312...101...29842
Rates † 18980.00...1.670.001.292.22...0.72...0.010.066.98
18970-.20.011.540.021.802.81...0.62...0.000.036.90
St. GEORGE, Hanover Square.80,0081st Qr.......16...944...6.........76
2nd „1...33...1465...7......1121
3rd „......29...874...5...11118
4th „......3211238...21.........104
Yearl...110143221...39...12418
Rates † 1898o.o1...1.370.010.532.74...0.48...0.010.035.18
18970.01...1.49...0.632.20...0.49...0.020.014.87
KENSINGTON.172,1741st Qr.......53245120513......4247
2nd „......70343106221...11250
3rd „...142135142...22......1244
4 th......46154106248...35264
Year...l21671804749104...4111005
Rates † 1898...0.001.250.041.052.750.050.60...0.020.065.83
18970.00...1.870.051.384.36...0.68...0.020.098.49
WILLESDEN.99,1801st Qr.......8311592...3.........194
2nd ,,1...81...1997...12......1211
3rd „......99...1578...7......1200
4th „......6912394...45.........232
Year1...332272361...67......2837
Rates † 18980.01...3.340.020.743.63...0.67......0.028.43
18970.010.023.010.051.145.44...0.67...0.010.0910.36
CHELSEA.196,7131st Qr,......6022787...11......1188
2nd „......9112180...4...1...198
3rd „......69...2283...10......2186
4th „ .........4822486...30......2192
Year......268594336...65...15764
Rates † 1898......2.770.050.973.47...0.57...0.010.057.89
1897......3.170.061.015.05...0.53......0.059.89

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* Only the "Ken sal Town" part of Chelsea touches Paddington, but the
figures for that area are not available.
† Rates per 1,000 of t'ae estimated population in each case.