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Paddington 1898

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898

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TABLE 19 A. Rates calculated from figures contained in Table 19.

Rates per 1,000 of Populations.
Paddington.St. Mart.St. John.
1898.Mean 1888-971898.Mean 1888-97.1898.Mean 1888-97.
Principal Zymotic Diseases.Smallpox...0.000.00...0.00
Measles0.690.370.890.480.140.12
Scarlet Fever0.060.120.070.140.030.07
Whooping Cough0.350.400.430.490.110.17
Diphlheria†0500.550.630.650.090.32
"Fever "‡0.130120.120.110.14014
Diarrhoea§0 720.560.820.700.410.22
Zymotic Rate2.462.163.002.600.951.07
Puerperal Fever0.030.030.040.04...0.02
Diseases of Parturition0.040.060.050.060.030.04
Other Septic Diseases0.100.110.100.120.110.10
Epidemic Influenza0.520.490.500.490.560.39
Alcoholism0.110.070.100.070.140.06
Cirrhosis of Liver0.120.150.150.130.030.19
Malignant Pis. (Cancer)0.900.880.870 860.980.91
Phthisis1.351.301.571.510.740.80
Other Tubercular Dis-v easee|0.580.580.670.680.320.34
Apoplexy0.600.760.610.790.560.69
Bronchitis1.661.941.922.140.951.46
Pneumonia0.931.221.061.340.591.00
Suicides0.070.100.070.100.090.10

† Includes Diphtheria, Quinsy, Croup, Sore Throat, and Laryngitis,
‡ „ Typhus, Enteric (or Typhoid), and Simple Continued levers.
§ ,, Diarrhoea and Dysentery.
¶,, Epidemic Influenza not separately classified prior to 1890.
,, Tabes Mesenterica, Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus, Scrofula,
and all forms of Tuberculosis, except " Phthisis."
for 1896 (103). Last year's total was 39 above the
corrected decennial average, and the rate (0.69) was
0.32 per 1,000 above the mean, fn the quinquennium