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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
The two sub-districts, St. Mary and St. John, are so different in many respects that it is useful
to compare the incidence of mortality in the two. In Table 22 (see preceding page) the mortality
rates from measles per 1,000 persons aged 0-15 years are set out together with the quinquennial
means. The statistics prior to 1875 are unfortunately not on record.
In Tables 23, 24, and 25 full particulars are given of the deaths in the last two epidemics,
viz., those of 1898 and 1900.
TABLE 23. Measles. Deaths according to Months.
| Persons. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | |||
| 1898. | 1900. | 1898. | 1900. | |
| January | 6 | — | —— | — |
| February | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| March | 19 | 2 | 1 | — |
| April | 26 | 1 | 1 | — |
| May | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| June | 9 | 19 | — | — |
| July | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| August | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| September | 1 | — | — | — |
| October | _ | - | _ | _ |
| November | __ | 1 | _ | _ |
| December | \— | — | — | — |
| Totals | 84 | 48 | 5 | 4 |
The published mortality rates for 1900 in the adjacent districts were:— Measles.
| Rates per 1,000 persons at all ages. | |||
| Kensington | 0.57 | St.-Marylebone | 0.35 |
| Chelsea | 0.34 | Hampstead | 0.26 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | 0.07 | ||
| Willesden | 0.45 | ||
The Kegistrar-General computed the local rate to be:—
Paddington 0.39.