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Paddington 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[Appendix IV.
Mortality-rates from Tuberculosis. Per 1,000 persons at all ages.
| Phthisis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Total Mortality from Tuberculosis. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1890-99 | 1890-94 | 1895-99 | 1900 | 1890-99 | 1890-94 | 1895-99 | 1900 | 1890-99 | 1890-94 | 1895-99 | |
| Paddington | 109 | 1.27 | 1.36 | 1.19 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 1.65 | 1.87 | 2.03 | 1.73 |
| St. Mary | 1.23 | 1.45 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 2.31 | 1.98 |
| St. John | 0.66 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.93 | 1.15 | 1.25 | 1.04 | |
It is evident, therefore, that the reduction which has taken place in the Parish in the mortality
from tubercular diseases has been largely due to the reduction in the mortality from tubercular
diseases of the lungs, and that the mortality from "other forms of tuberculosis" has not only not
been reduced to the extent noted in phthisis, but even shows a tendency to an increase.
Before passing to a further consideration of the local mortality from these causes, note may be
taken very briefly of the relative position of the local mortality from phthisis in comparison with
other metropolitan districts. Since 1896 the Registrar-General has published the annual death-rate
from phthisis in each of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis. Table 27 has been compiled
from those returns.
TABLE 27. Mortality-rates from Phthisis.* Per 1,000 persons at all ages.
| Districts. | Mortality from Phthisis. | Precentage of population living under conditions of overcrowding. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean rate. | 1900. | |||||
| (1895-99.) | ||||||
| London | 1.74 | 1.71 | 19.7 | |||
| Groups of Registration Districts. | Western | 1.56 | 1.48 | 16.7 | ||
| Northern | 1.55 | 1.55 | 20.0 | |||
| Central | 2.65 | 2.82 | 33.7 | |||
| Eastern | 2.04 | 2.02 | 28.9 | |||
| Southern | 1.66 | 1.63 | 14.3 | |||
| Paddington | (1896-99.) | |||||
| 1.23 | 1.15 | 16.8 | ||||
| Kensington | 1.36 | 1.18 | 17.2 | |||
| St. George, Hanover Square | 1.28 | 1.36 | 11.1 | |||
| Westminster | 2.72 | 2.41 | 20.6 | |||
| Marylebone | 1.87 | 1.99 | 26.7 | |||
| Hampstead | 0.86 | 0.85 | 10.3 | |||
* From the Registrar-General's Annual Summaries.