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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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TABLE 22.
| ST. MARY'S. | ST. JOHN'S. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | The Year. | Quarters. | The Year. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 21 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 3 | ... | ... | 54 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Diptberia | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 9 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ||
| Diarrhoea | 1 | ... | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 3 | ... | 32 | 25 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 |
| Totals | 41 | 29 | 49 | 63 | 34 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 142 | 139 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Influenza | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Alcoholism | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | |
| Malignant Disease | 12 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| Phthisis | 13 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 68 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 8 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 8 | 6 | 41 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 24 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 |
| Premature Birth | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bronchitis | 26 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 78 | 72 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Violence of all kinds (in | . | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| cluding accidents) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | ||