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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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| Inhabitants, Census 1891. | All diseases. | Dipltneria. | Scarlet Fever. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Rates.* | Cases. | Rates. | Cases. | Rates. | ||
| Tenements of ONE room: — | |||||||
| Totals | 9,670 | 75 | 7.64 | 11 | 1.12 | 61 | 6.21 |
| Inhabitants not exceeding 2 per room | 5,040 | 14 | 2.74 | 1 | 0.19 | 11 | 2.15 |
| „ exceeding 2 ,, | 4,636 | 61 | 12.98 | 10 | 2.12 | 50 | 10. 64 |
| Tenements of TWO rooms :— | |||||||
| Totals | 19,589 | 346 | 1742 | 62 | 3.12 | 262 | 13.19 |
| Inhabitants not exceeding 2 per room | 9,992 | 117 | 11.55 | 19 | 1.87 | 8.68 | |
| ,, exceeding 2 ,, | 9,597 | 229 | 23.54 | 43 | 4.41 | 174 | 17.47 |
| Tenements of THREE rooms:— | |||||||
| Totals | 19,009 | 297 | ]5.41 | 73 | 3.78 | 209 | 10.84 |
| Inhabitants not exceeding 2 per room | 14,817 | 224 | 14.91 | 61 | 4.06 | 152 | 10.11 |
| ,, exceeding 2 „ | 4,192 | 73 | 17.17 | 12 | 2.82 | 67 | 13.41 |
| Tenements of FOUR rooms :— | |||||||
| Totals | 9,824 | 117 | 11.74 | 18 | 1.80 | 94 | 9.43 |
| Inhabitants not exceeding 2 per room | 8,429 | 99 | 11.58 | 18 | 2.10 | 76 | 8.89 |
| „ exceeding 2 „ | 1,395 | 18 | 12.72 | — | — | 18 | 12.72 |
| Tenements of FOUR rooms or less : — | |||||||
| Totals | 58,098 | 835 | 14.17 | 164 | 2.78 | 626 | 10.63 |
| Inhabitants not exceeding 2 per room | 38,278 | 454 | 11.70 | 99 | 2.55 | 327 | 8.42 |
| „ exceeding 2 „ | 19,820 | 381 | 18.96 | 65 | 3.23 | 299 | 14.88 |
| In tenements of FIVE rooms or more | 59,748 | 265 | 4.37 | 76 | 1.25 | 140 | 2.31 |
* Per 1,000 inhabitants in each group.