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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
TABLE 25. Measles. Fatality according to Ages. Persons. Whole Parish.
| Ages. | 1898. | 1900. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. | ||
| Months. | 0- | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 3- | 3 | 2 | 66.6 | 7 | 1 | 14.2 | |
| 6- | 32 | 5 | 15.6 | 28 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 9- | 31 | 11 | 35.4 | 31 | 10 | 32.2 | |
| Under 1 year | 69 | 18 | 26.0 | 67 | 12 | 17.9 | |
| Years. | 1- | 141 | 31 | 21.9 | 129 | 18 | 13.9 |
| 2- | 110 | 20 | 18.1 | 133 | 9 | 6.7 | |
| 3- | 163 | 11 | 6.7 | 164 | 5 | 3.0 | |
| 4- | 207 | 6 | 2.8 | 233 | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Aged 1-5 years | 621 | 68 | 10.9 | 659 | 34 | 5.1 | |
| Years. | 5- | 182 | 1 | 0.5 | 202 | ||
| 6- | 163 | 1 | 0.6 | 152 | 2 | 1.3 | |
| 7- | 68 | 1 | 1.4 | 51 | 2 | 3.9 | |
| 8- | 30 | — | — | 21 | — | — | |
| 9- | 18 | — | — | 9 | — | — | |
| Aged 5-10 years | 461 | 3 | 0.6 | 4354 | 0.9 | ||
| Years. | 10- | 28 | — | 18 | 1 | 5.5 | |
| 15- | 11 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | |
| All ages | 1,196 | 89 | 7.4 | 1,191 | 52 | 4.3 | |
SCARLET FEVER.
| 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases recorded | 302 | 382 | 303 | 491 |
| Number of deaths | 5 | 7 | ||
| Fatality | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Mortality | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
The 5 deaths from this disease were 11 below the decennial average (16), and the death-rate
(0.04) 0.08 below the mean rate (0.12). In South Paddington no deaths were registered from this
cause, the decennial average being 3 deaths per annum. In North Paddington the 5 deaths were
8 below the average, and the death-rate (0.05) 0.08 below the mean rate (0.13). The fatality has
decreased from 5.0 per cent, of all cases in 1894 to 1.6 last year. In comparison with the other
rates given in Table 18, those of the Parish are particularly satisfactory.