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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |