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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Medical Officer of Health.]
TABLE 8. Notification of Infectious Diseases in Districts co-terminous with Paddington.
| District. | Population, 1900. | 1900. | Small-pox. | Cholera. | Diphtheria. | Membr. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fever. | All Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet. | Typhus. | Enteric. | Relapsing. | Continued. | Puerperal. | |||||||||
| PADDINGTON. | 130,104 | 1st Quarter | - | - | 38 | 1 | 31 | 60 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 143 |
| 2nd ,, | 5 | _ | 37 | 1 | 32 | 49 | — | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 138 | ||
| 3rd „ | - | - | 28 | — | 29 | 86 | 1 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 159 | ||
| 4th | — | - | 48 | 1 | 28 | 107 | — | 22 | - | - | 2 | 208 | ||
| Year | 5 | - | 151 | 3 | 19,0 | 302 | 2 | 56 | _ | 3 | 6 | 648 | ||
| Ratest 1900 | 0.04 | _ | 1.16 | 0.02 | 0.92 | 2.32 | 0.01 | 0.43 | - | 0.02 | 0.05 | 4.98 | ||
| 1899 | - | - | 1.56 | 0.01 | 1.13 | 2.96 | 0.00 | 0.75 | - | o.oo | 0.05 | 6.49 | ||
| 1898 | - | - | 2.00 | 0.03 | 1.02 | 2.38 | - | 0-58 | - | 0.01 | 0.04 | 6.05 | ||
| ST. MARYLEBONE. | 139,777 | 1st Quarter | - | - | 34 | - | 56 | 59 | - | 23 | - | - | - | 172 |
| 2nd ,, | 5 | _ | 54 | 1 | 57 | 95 | - | 11 | - | - | 1 | 224 | ||
| 3rd ,, | - | - | 67 | 1 | 40 | 80 | - | 9 | - | - | 4 | 201 | ||
| 4th ,, | — | — | 59 | 1 | 47 | 150 | - | 39 | - | — | — | 296 | ||
| Year | 5 | - | 214 | 3 | 200 | 384 | - | 82 | - | — | 5 | 893 | ||
| Ratest 1900 | 0.03 | - | 1.53 | 0.02 | 1.43 | 2.75 | - | 0.59 | - | — | 0.03 | 6.38 | ||
| 1899 | 0.01 | - | 1.37 | 0.02 | 1.44 | 2.85 | - | 0.84 | - | o.oo | 0.04 | 6.60 | ||
| 1898 | 0.00 | - | 1.67 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 2.22 | - | 0.72 | - | 0.01 | 0.06 | 6.98 | ||
| ST. GEORGE, Hanover Square. | 81,133 | 1st Quarter | 1 | - | 28 | 1 | 14 | 49 | - | 13 | - | - | - | 106 |
| 2nd ,, | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | 12 | 49 | - | 16 | - | 1 | - | 95 | ||
| 3rd ,, | - | - | 20 | - | 8 | 28 | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 66 | ||
| 4th „ | - | - | 26 | 1 | 12 | 42 | - | 18 | - | - | 1 | 100 | ||
| Year | - | - | 89 | 3 | 46 | 168 | - | 55 | - | 3 | 1 | 367 | ||
| 0.02 | - | 1.10 | 0.04 | 0.57 | 2.07 | - | 0.67 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 4.52 | |||
| 1899 | - | - | 1.07 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 2.44 | - | 0.56 | - | - | 0.02 | 5.08 | ||
| 1898 | 0.01 | — | 1.37 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 2.74 | - | 0.48 | - | 0.01 | 0.03 | 5.18 | ||
| KENSINGTON. | 173,603 | 1st Quarter ... | - | - | 93 | - | 50 | 94 | - | 20 | - | 5 | 264 | |
| 2nd ,, | 7 | - | 72 | 3 | 36 | 87 | - | 19 | - | - | 225 | |||
| 3rd ,, | - | - | 65 | - | 31 | 81 | - | 23 | - | 2 | 2 | 204 | ||
| 4th ,, | - | — | 105 | 1 | 43 | 109 | - | 45 | - | 3 | 4 | 310 | ||
| 7 | - | 335 | 4 | 160 | 371 | - | 107 | - | 10 | 9 | 1003 | |||
| Ratest 1900 | 0.04 | 1.93 | 0.02 | 0.92 | 2.14 | - | 0.61 | - | 0.06 | 0.06 | 5.78 | |||
| 1899 | - | - | 1.44 | 0.01 | 1.20 | 2.57 | o.oo | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 6.09 | ||
| 1898 | - | 0.00 | 1.25 | 0.04 | 1.05 | 2.75 | 0.05 | 0.60 | - | 0.02 | 0-06 | 5.83 | ||
| WILLESDEN. | 114,905 | 1st Quarter | - | - | 62 | - | 22 | 82 | - | 17 | - | - | 1 | 184 |
| 2nd ,, | - | - | 55 | - | 18 | 66 | - | 12 | - | — | 1 | 152 | ||
| 3rd ,, | - | - | 52 | - | 24 | 99 | — | 16 | — | — | 2 | 193 | ||
| 4th ,, | — | — | 61 | 1 | 27 | 87 | — | 30 | — | — | 4 | 210 | ||
| Year | - | - | 230 | 1 | 91 | 334 | - | 75 | — | — | 8 | 739 | ||
| Ratest 1900 | - | - | 2.00 | 0.79 | 2.91 | - | 0.65 | — | — | 0.07 | 6.43 | |||
| 1899 | - | 0.00 | 2.98 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 3.87 | _ | 0.72 | — | — | 0.05 | 8.42 | ||
| 1898 | 0.01 | - | 3.34 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 3.63 | — | 0.67 | — | 0.02 | 8.43 | |||
| CHELSEA* | 96,715 | 1st Quarter | - | - | 32 | - | 18 | 54 | _ | 6 | — | — | 2 | 112 |
| 2nd ,, | 1 | — | 52 | 1 | 20 | 64 | — | 7 | — | — | 2 | 147 | ||
| 3rd | - | 1 | 46 | - | 17 | 55 | 1 | 28 | — | 1 | - | 149 | ||
| 4th | 1 | - | 48 | 1 | 17 | 60 | — | 41 | — | 1 | 2 | 171 | ||
| Year | 2 | 1 | 178 | 2 | 72 | 233 | 1 | 82 | — | 2 | 6 | 579 | ||
| Ratest 1900 | 0-02 | 0.01 | 1.84 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 2.41 | 0.01 | 0.85 | — | 0.02 | 0.06 | 5.99 | ||
| 1899 | - | 0.01 | 2.41 | 0.05 | 0.84 | 2.91 | — | 0.66 | — | 0.04 | 0.09 | 7.04 | ||
| 1898 | — | - | 2.77 | 0.05 | 0.97 | 3.47 | — | 0.57 | — | 0.01 | 0.05 | 7.89 | ||
* Only the " Kensal Town " part of Chelsea touches Paddington, but the figures for that area are not available,
t Rates per 1,000 of the estimated population in each case. " O'OO " indicates a rate below 0*01 per 1,000.