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 7. Notifications, 1903 From Registrar-General's Quarterly Reports.
Pad- dinc.ton.* | London, f | Kensington. | Westminster. | Mary-lebone. | Hamp- stead. | Willesden | ||
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Smallpox | 5 | 416 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 151 | 7,743 | 180 | 186 | 228 | 86 | 223 | |
Erysipelas | 119 | 4,371 | 177 | 111 | 177 | 41 | 74 | |
Fevers. | ( Scarlet | 417 | 12,534 | 335 | 352 | 414 | 174 | 504 |
Enteric | 43 | 2,340 | 66 | 71 | 67 | 29 | 45 | |
Continued | 3 | 40 | 9 | 4 | — | — | ||
Puerperal | 4 | 233 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
* Also 1 case of typhus fever, erroneously diagnosed.
†Also 22 cases of typhus fever.
TABLE 8. Morbidity Rates, 1903. Per 1,000 persons of all ages. Based on figures given in Table 7.
Paddington. | London. | Kensington. | Westminster. | Marylebone. | Hamp stead. | Willesden. | |||||||||
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1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | 1903 | 1902 | ||
Smallpox | 0.03 | 0.76 | 0.09 | 1.67 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.25 | 1.26 | 0.03 | 1.14 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.72 | |
Diphtheria* | 1.03 | 1.49 | 1.67 | 2.30 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.54 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.00 | 1.15 | 1.75 | 3.58 | |
Erysipelas | 0.81 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.18 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 1.34 | 1.62 | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.86 | |
Fevers. | Scarlet | 2.85 | 2.16 | 2.71 | 3.91 | 1.87 | 2.08 | 1.96 | 2.57 | 3.15 | 3.08 | 2.04 | 2.99 | 3.96 | 3.82 |
Enteric | 0.29 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.73 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.72 | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.59 | |
Continued | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | ... | ... | 0.01 | ... | ... | |
Puerperal | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
* Including membranous croup.
As regards the local returns, it is seen from Table 9 that the numbers of cases recorded last year in the various Wards were, with the following exceptions, lower than those for 1902—
Cases reported. | |||
---|---|---|---|
Disease. | Ward. | 1903. | 1902. |
Diphtheria | Hyde Park | 16 | 8 |
Erysipelas | Maida Vale | 19 | 10 |
„ | Hyde Park | 11 | 6 |
Scarlet Fever | Queen's Park | 63 | 51 |
„ | Maida Vale | 57 | 31 |
„ | Church | 92 | 65 |