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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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notifications. TABLE 15. Notifications and Notification Rates, 1901 and 1902.
| Paddington. | London* | Notification Rates† | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 1901 | Differences. Increase (+) Decrease (—) | 1902 | 1901 | Differences. Increase ( + ) Decrease (—) | Borough. | London. | ||||
| 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | ||||||||
| Smallpox | 110 | 22 | + 88 | 7,814 | 1,700 | + 0,108 | 0.73 | 0.15 | 1.67 | 0.38 | |
| Cholera | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 205 | 338 | —133 | 10,551 | 11,970 | —1,425 | 1.38 | 2.34 | 2.26 | 2.64 | |
| Membranous Croup | 6 | 5 | + 1 | 192 | 189 | + 3 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| Erysipelas | 143 | 141 | + 2 | 5,554 | 4,620 | + 928 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 1.19 | 1.02 | |
| Fevers | Scarlet | 359 | 503 | —144 | 18,269 | 18,421 | —152 | 2.42 | 3.49 | 3.91 | 4.05 |
| Typhus | 4 | 21 | —17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Enteric | 83 | 92 | —9 | 3,421 | 3,202 | +219 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.70 | |
| Relapsing | 2 | + 2 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Continued | 1 | + 1 | 49 | 49 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||
| Puerperal | 14 | 10 | + 4 | 314 | 251 | + 63 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | |
| Totals | 921 | 1,111 | —190 | 46,171 | 40,444 | + 5,727 | 6.23 | 7.70 | 9.91 | 8.86 | |
*From Weekly Returns issued by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
†Per 1,000 persons (estimated) of all ages.
TABLE 16.
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | Borough. | London. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902. | Dep. from Average. | 1902. | Dep. from Average. | 1902 | Dep. from Average. | 1902. | Dep. from Average. | 1902. | Dep. from Average. | ||
| Smallpox | 85 | + 72(555) | 8 | + 6(300) | 17 | + 16 (1600) | 110 | + 94 (587) | 7,798 | +7,010(8.98) | |
| Cholera | — | 1 | -29 (97) | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 128 | —78(38) | 25 | —12(33) | 52 | —2(4) | 205 | —92(31)* | |||
| Membranous Croup | 1 | —6(86) | 2 | + 1 (100) | 3 | + 2 (200) | 6 | -3(34) | 10,735 | —1,852(15) | |
| 111 | -19 (15) | 16 | -5(24) | 16 | -3(16) | 143 | -27(18) | 5,534 | —777 (13) | ||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 201 | —150(37) | 47 | -35(43) | 51 | —31 (38) | 359 | —216 (38) | 18,258 | —4,377(20) |
| Typhus | 4 | -11 (74) | |||||||||
| Enteric | 56 | + 1 (1) | 17 | +3 (21) | 10 | + 1(11) | 83 | + 5 (6) | 3,412 | -147 (5) | |
| Relapsing | —2 (100) | ||||||||||
| Continued | 1 | + 1(50) | 1 | —1(50) | 47 | —00(56) | |||||
| Puerperal | 7 | -1 (13) | 3 | + 2 (200) | 4 | + 3 (300) | 14 | + 4 (40) | 312 | + 18 (6) | |
| All Diseases | 650 | —182 (22) | 118 | —40 (75) | 153 | -14 (9) | 921 | —236 (21) | 40,101 | -227 (1) | |
The figures in parentheses indicate the increase (decrease) in 1902 per cent, of the average.
* Jointly, 32 per cent, reduction.