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Paddington 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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other diseases.
At present no information is available as to mortality from cancer in the adjacent
districts. From the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health of the County for past
years, it appeared that the mortality in Old Paddington was one of the highest in the
Metropolitan Districts, whereas the phthisis rate, usually one of the lowest.

Table: TABLE 23. Cancer. 1902.

TABLE 23. Cancer. 1902.

St. Mary.St. John.North-West Paddington.
C.O.C.O.C.O.
m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.
1. Nervous System, Brain1.........1.... . .. . .............
2. Organs of Special Sense, Ear...1..............................
3. Respiratory System, Larynx......1...............1.........
4. Circulatory System....................................
5. Digestive System, Tongue2...4...........................
Glands of Mouth......1...........................
Pharynx1.................................
Œsophagus39......9.........1.........
Stomach64......15.........9......
Intestine13...1.......... . ....1......
Rectum58......11...1...l......
Liver35......14..................
Peritoneum...............1..................
Omentum...1..............................
6. Lymphatic System12.........1..................
7. Urinary System1.....................1.........
8. Generative System, Uterus...13.........6...............1
External Organs...1..............................
Breast...7...2...6..................
9. Osseous & Muscular Systems...331........................
10. Cutaneous System1.................................
11. Insufficiently described221......1..................
Totals2752104625...195...1
"C." includes Cancer, Carcinoma, Malignant Disease.
"O." includes Sarcoma, Scirrhus, Epithelioma, &.c.
"M."—Males. "F."—Females.

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OTHER DISEASES*
A few words will serve to dispose of the remaining causes of death.
Influenza.—The 62 deaths from this disease were equal to a rate of 0'41 per 1,000
persons, 0.10 less than the decennial mean. In St. Mary's Sub-District the deaths numbered
47 (rate 0.48, or 0.03 less than the mean), in St. John, 8 (rate 0.22, or 0.33 less than the mean),
and in North-West Paddington, 7 (rate 0.40, or 0.04 above the mean).
Respiratory Diseases.—The deaths from bronchitis (210) and pneumonia (185) numbered
395 and were equal to a rate of 2.35 per 1,000 persons, being 0.60 less than the decennial mean
(2.95). In St. Mary's Sub-District the rate last year was 3T4 (mean 3.35), in St. John's 1.21
(mean 2.04), and in North-West Paddington 2.86 (mean 2.74).
Apoplexy.—Although the deaths from this cause last year numbered 72 and were 14 more
than in 1901, the rate of mortality 0.48 was well below the decennial mean rate (0.67). The
rates in all the Sub-Districts were considerably lower last year than the corresponding mean
rates, indeed the shrinkage in the rates both for last year and for 1901 is such as to suggest
that it must be due in part to some unconscious change in tabulation arising from the adoption
of the new Schedule of Causes of Death in 1901.
*"Diarrhoea" deaths will be considered under "Infantile Mortality." For particulars as to deaths at various
ages and each Ward, see Tables IV. and V. in the Appendix.