Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 19. Notifications, 1902. From Registrar-General's Quarterly Reports.
Paddington. | London. | Kensington. | Westminster. | Mary-lebone. | Hampstead. | Willesden | ||
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Smallpox | 113 | 7,798 | 99 | 232 | 154 | 20 | 90 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 222 | 10,735 | 186 | 285 | 237 | 98 | 444 | |
Erysipelas | 148 | 5,534 | 189 | 144 | 219 | 57 | 108 | |
Fevers. | Scarlet | 364 | 18,258 | 378 | 475 | 414 | 255 | 474 |
Enteric | 83 | 3,412 | 83 | 133 | 96 | 46 | 74 | |
Continued | 1 | 47 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
Puerperal | 14 | 312 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 8 | |
Totals | 945 | 46,096 | 954 | 1,276 | 1,134 | 484 | 1,198 | |
Chickenpox (part year only) | 457 | 25,011 | 671 | 723 | 463 | 388 |
TABLE 20. Morbidity Rates, 1902 per 1,000 persons of all ages.
Paddington. | London. | Kensington. | Westminster. | Maryle-bone. | Hampstead. | Willesden. | |||||||||
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1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | 1902 | 1901 | ||
Smallpox | 0.76 | 0.14 | 1.67 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.08 | 1.26 | 0.54. | 1.14 | 0.59 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.72 | 0.06 | |
Diphtheria | 1.49 | 2.35 | 2.30 | 2.67 | 1.02 | 1.41 | 1.54 | 1.39 | 1.76 | 1.94 | 1.15 | 1.85 | 3.58 | 3.42 | |
Erysipelas | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.18 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 1.62 | 1.37 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.66 | |
Scarlet ... | 2.46 | 3.19 | 3.91 | 4.04 | 2.08 | 2.68 | 2.57 | 2.61 | 3.08 | 2.98 | 2.99 | 2.66 | 3.82 | 4.69 | |
Fevers. | Enteric | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.72 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.47 |
Continued | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||
Puerperal | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | o.oo | |
Chickenpox | 3.09 | 5.37 | 3.71 | 3.92 | 3.44 | 4.55 |