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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
Among the 77 persons removed to hospital, 19 deaths occurred. The mortalities among hospital and homes cases in each of the seven last years are compared below:—
| Fatality among— | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Cases | 281 | 16.6 | 27.6 | 179 | 21.0 | 13.6 | 24.6 |
| Home Cases | 20.1 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 24.1 | 31.5 | 17.1 | 10.3 |
| Total Cases | 24.7 | 20.6 | 27.6 | 20.1 | 24.8 | 14.2 | 17.5 |
| Percentage of Notified Cases Removed to Hospital | 56.2 | 53.0 | 50.0 | 63.9 | 64.3 | 82.7 | 71.4 |
TABLE 26. Diphtheria. Sex-Age-Mortality. Rates per 1,000 of each sex at each age.
| Age. | Paddington. | St. Mary. | St. John. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1900 | 0.73 | — | — | — | 5.29 | — | ||
| Mean rates, 1893.9 | 1.79 | 1.27 | 2.09 | 1.49 | — | — | ||
| 0-1 years | 1899 | 0.72 | _ | 0.84 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | 2.27 | 1.45 | 2.64 | 1.70 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | 0.76 | 2.95 | 0.89 | 3.46 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | 2.30 | 2.21 | 2.70 | 2.60 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | 1.57 | — | 1.83 | — | — | — | ||
| 1894 | 2.39 | - | 2.80 | — | — | — | ||
| 1893 | 3.22 | 1.55 | 3.79 | 1.84 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | 1.46 | 1.63 | 1.74 | 1.95 | — | — | ||
| Mean rates, 1893.9 | 4.30 | 4.07 | 4.53 | 4.31 | 3.16 | 1.24 | ||
| 1-5 years | 1899 | 1.48 | 2.48 | 1.77 | 2.97 | — | — | |
| 1898 | 5.36 | 2.92 | 6.43 | 3.29 | — | 1.23 | ||
| 1897 | 4.78 | 2.33 | 4.70 | 2.81 | 5.16 | — | ||
| 1896 | 5.64 | 4.44 | 5.75 | 4.86 | 5.09 | 2.43 | ||
| 1895 | 3.57 | 3.04 | 3.74 | 3.66 | 2.68 | — | ||
| 1894 | 4.97 | 7.05 | 5.72 | 8.26 | 1.32 | 1.27 | ||
| 1893 | 4.34 | 4.23 | 3.59 | 4.32 | 7.91 | 3.78 | ||
| 1900 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.65 | — | — | ||
| Mean rates, 1893.9 | 0 .70 | 1.04 | 0.75 | 1.08 | 0.46 | 0.87 | ||
| 5-15 years | 1899 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.58 | — | — | |
| 1898 | 0.88 | 0.63 | 0.95 | 0.79 | 0.53 | — | ||
| 1897 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.33 | 1.15 | 0.53 | 1.39 | ||
| 1896 | 0.29 | 0.64 | 024 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 091 | ||
| 1895 | 0.60 | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.94 | — | 0.96 | ||
| 1894 | 0.72 | 2.30 | 0.63 | 2.30 | 110 | 1.90 | ||
| 1893 | 0.83 | 116 | 0.89 | 1.21 | 0.54 | 0.94 | ||
| Deaths at ages over 15 years, not included in above:— | ||||||||
| 1893 | 5 | 1896 | 4 | 1899 | 0 | |||
| 1894 | 3 | 1897 | 2 | 1900 | 3 | |||
| 1895 | 1 | 1898 | 4 | |||||