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Paddington 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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21
SEPTIC DISEASES.
Fifty-four of the patients (including 6 cases erroneously diagnosed) were removed to
hospital, equal to 64.2 per cent. of the notified cases. Of the 30 cases kept at home, 6 died,
equal to a fatality of 25 per cent., after allowing for errors, while of the 54 removed to hospital,
8 died, equal to 16.6 per cent., after a similar correction.
Enteric Fever.
| Cases Notified* | Removed to Hospital* | At Home. | Deaths in Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park | 10(1) | 8(1) | 1 | 3† |
| Harrow Road | 14 (2) | 9(1) | 1† | 2 |
| Maida Vale | 11 (2) | 6 | — | — |
| Westbourne | 17 | 14 | 2† | — |
| Church | 20 (4) | 13 (3) | 1 | 3 |
| Lancaster Gate (West) | 1 | — | — | — |
| „ „ (East) | 4 | 1 | — | - |
| Hyde Park | 7 (1) | 3(1) | — | |
| Borough (1902) | 84 (10) | 54 (6) | 5 | 8 |
| „ (1901) | 92 | 58 | - | - |
* Figures in parentheses indicate the numbers of cases erroneously diagnosed as Enteric Fever.
† One " error " fatal.
‡ Another reported case (in a non-resident) proved fatal.
The mortality decreased from 0.10 per 1,000 in 1901 to 0.07 last year, and was 0.04 below
the rate for the Metropolis (0.11). The local rate (Table 21) was lower than that in any of
the Selected Districts, Willesden excepted, where the rate equalled that of the Borough (0.08),
and was lower than any of the rates of other areas given in Table 22. The decennial mean rate
for the Borough was 0.10, or 0.03 in excess of last year's rate, the only rate for last year
exceeding the corresponding mean was that of North-West Paddington (see below):—
Enteric Fever. Death rates per 1,000 persons of all ages.
| Mean Rates. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902. | Ten years. | Five years. | |||
| 1892—1901. | 1892—96. | 1897—1901 | |||
| Borough | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.09 | |
| St. Mary | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.09 | |
| St. John | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.05 | |
| North-West Paddington | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.16 | |
| SEPTIC DISEASES. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | |||||
| BOROUGH. | London. | ||||
| 1902. | 1901. | 1902. | 1901. | ||
| Cases | 14 | 10 | 312 | 251 | |
| Deaths | 8 | 5 | 201 | 184 | |
| Morbidity* | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | |
| Fatality† | 35.71 | 50.00 | 64.32 | 73.30 | |
| Mortality* | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.15 | |
| * Rates per 1,000 females ages 15-45 years. | |||||
| † Per 100 cases reported. | |||||
The notifications of puerperal fever rose from 10 in 1901 to 14 last year, an increase equal
to 40 per cent., and were in excess of the decennial average to an equal amount (Table l6).
In the Metropolis the cases reported rose from 251 in 1901 to 312 last year, being 18 (6 per