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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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| Diseases Notified. | Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Year. | Quarters. | Year. | Quarters | Year. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Smallpox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 52 | 64 | 45 | 73 | 234 | 43 | 53 | 36 | 55 | 187 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 47 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 22 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 117 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 97 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 148 | 155 | 268 | 219 | 790 | 118 | 124 | 233 | 189 | 664 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 126 | |
| Typhus | |||||||||||||||||
| Enteric | 15 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 61 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | ||
| Relapsing | |||||||||||||||||
| Continued | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Puerperal | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| Totals | 247 | 270 | 360 | 349 | 1,226 | 204 | 217 | 308 | 280 | 1,015 | 43 | 53 | 52 | 63 | 211 | ||
| Sickness rates per 1,000 of populations. | 1896 | 7.95 | 8.69 | 11.59 | 10.44 | 9.68 | 8.99 | 9.56 | 13.57 | 11.70 | 10.97 | 5.16 | 6.36 | 6.24 | 7.02 | 6.21 | |
| 1895 | 3.46 | 6.24 | 8.46 | 9.50 | 6.89 | 3.71 | 6.50 | 10.31 | 11.20 | 7.91 | 2.74 | 5.48 | 3.24 | 4.73 | 4.04 | ||
| 1894 | 7.26 ' | 8.22 | 6.80 | 7.41 | 7.38 | 8.29 | 9.37 | 8.07 | 8.07 | 8.43 | 4.43 | 5.05 | 3.32 | 5.30 | 4.51 | ||
| 1893 | 7.09 | 12.08 | 14.34 | 15.51 | 12.22 | 8.27 | 13.03 | 16.46 | 17.42 | 13.76 | 3.91 | 9.54 | 8.68 | 10.40 | 8.11 | ||