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first; fifth as regards scarlet fever, Willesden being
again first ; fourth as regards enteric and continued
fevers, Marylebone first; and fourth again as regards
puerperal fever, Marylebone and Kensington being
equal for first.
Closely connected with this part of the subject is
the frequency of importation of infection, by which is
to be understood the occurrence of illness in an
individual within a given interval of time (being less
than the proper incubation period) after his arrival in
the Parish from other parts. In 66 instances,
including secondary cases, the date of the first attack
indicated that the infection had been derived from
sources beyond the Parish, including diphtheria, 26,
scarlet fever, 25, and enteric fever, 15. Moreover,,
many children residing in Paddington attend extraparochial
schools.
In Table 8 will be found the age-group rates for
each sex, and for each division of, and the whole,
Parish, calculated from the cases of disease reported,
those for the past year being set in comparison with
the rates for the years 1894-97. The rates for 1898
were, with one or two exceptions, below those for
1897, and were in many cases the lowest recorded in
the five years, The increased amount of enteric fever
recorded is the only unsatisfactory feature of the
Table, but with the exception of St. Mary, males