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Paddington 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Borough of ]
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higher than the rate for any year, except 1893, when
it was 15.6.
Last year's rate for the Parish (9.68) was 1.42
below that for London (11.10), all the diseases, except
scarlet fever, showing lower rates in the Parish, than
TABLE 8. Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London. (Corrected for duplicates.)
| Notifications Received. | Notification Rates, † 1896. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington. | London. | ||||||
| 1896. | Difference from Ave'age.* | 1896. | Difference from Average.* | Pad. drngton. | London. | ||
| Smallpox | 4 | .16 | 227 | .733 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| Cholera | 13 | .28 | ... | 0.00 | |||
| Diphtheria | 234 | .17 | 13,373 | + 4,088 | 1.84 | 2.98 | |
| Membranous Croup | 8 | + 1 | 447 | .116 | 0.06 | 0.09 | |
| Erysipelas | 117 | .22 | 6,438 | .47 | 0.92 | 1.43 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 790 | + 359 | 25,676 | + 3,521 | 6.24 | 5.72 |
| Typhus | † | 6 | .18 | ... | 0.00 | ||
| Enteric | 61 | .4 | 3,200 | .108 | 0.48 | 0.71 | |
| Relapsing | † | 3 | .8 | ... | 0.00 | ||
| Continued | 1 | .2 | 104 | .69 | 0.00 | 0.23 | |
| Puerperal | 11 | +3 | 279 | .4 | 0.08 | 0.06 | |
| Totals | 1,226 | +302 | 49,766 | +6,478 | 9.68 | 11.10 | |
* The signs + and . indicate excess or defect of the figures for 1896 in comparison
with the averages for 1890.95.
† Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated living at all ages. 0*00 signifies a rate
of less than 0.01. ... no cases recorded.