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average, and with the exception of 1892, when
2,612 cases were recorded, the lowest of the nine
years. In 1897 the local rate from this disease was
0.35 per 1,000, half of that for the Metropolis (0.70),
whilst that for last year was 0.58, as compared with
0.68 for the Metropolis. Compared in each case with
the corrected annual average, the totals represent an
increase of 16.9 per cent. in Paddington, and a
decrease of 11.4 in the Metropolis.
In North Paddington 63 cases were recorded, as
compared with 34 in 1897, and a corrected annual
average of 49. The maximum recorded previous to
1898 was 58 in 1893, and the minimum 32 in 1891.
In South Paddington 13 cases were recorded, 2
more than in 1897, and 3 below the corrected annual
average. The total for 1897 was the lowest on
record for this district, the maximum being 23,
recorded in 1890. The rate for last year was 0.66
per 1,000 in North and 0.38 in South Paddington.
Of the cases reported from North Paddington,
10 were due to imported infection, neglecting a
considerable number of cases of patients who were in
the daily habit of getting their food in other parts of
London where their work lay, and 5 were subsequently
certified to have been erroneously diagnosed.
Of the cases from South Paddington, 5 were due to
imported infection.