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Paddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NOTIFICATIONS.
TABLE 9. Notifications distributed according to Wards, 1903. Figures for 1902 in ( ).
| Queen's Park.* | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | West-bourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate. | Hyde. Park. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | ||||||||
| Smallpox | 1 (17) | 1 (11) | - (12) | 1 (14) | 1 (50) | - (7) | -(7) | 1 (7) | |
| Diphtheria | 19 (52) | 43 (61) | 14 (23) | 20 (24) | 24 (24) | 3 (~) | 4 (6) | 10 (S) | |
| MenibranousCroup | - (3) | — (1) | - (—) | 1 (--) | 1 (1) | - (-) | — (—) | — (/) | |
| Erysipelas | 10 (16) | 25 (35) | 19 (10) | 12 (28) | 37 (42) | 2 (3) | 2(3) | 11 (0) | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 63 (51) | 97 (00) | 57 (31) | 73 (73) | 92 (65) | 14(14) | 6(9) | 12(17) |
| Enteric | 8(10) | 3 (13) | 6(71) | 6(77) | 15 (20) | 3(7) | 1 (4) | 1 (') | |
| Continued ... | -(-) | -(l) | - ( -) | 2 (—) | -(-) | -(-) | -(-) | 1 (-) | |
| Puerperal | 1 (4) | 1 (!) | - (2) | ~ (•') | 1 (2) | -(-) | -(2) | — (—) | |
| Typhus | l(-) | - (-) | -(-) | -(-) | - V—) | -(-) | -(-) | _(_) | |
| Totals | 103 (153) | ' 170 (222) | 9G (S9) | 115 (150) | 171 (204) | 22 (26) | 13 (25) | 42 (43) | |
| Rates,* 1903 | 6.08 | 5.99 | 5.00 | 4.72 | 6.37 | 2.60 | 1.63 | 3.02 | |
| „ 1902 | 8.82 | 7.77 | 4.01 | 6.57 | 7.46 | 3.01 | 3.09 | 3.03 | |
| „ 1901 | 9.00 | 9.36 | 7.46 | 7.13 | 9.11 | 3.54 | 4.65 | 4.52 | |
* Per 1,000 persons of all ages.
TABLE 10. Notifications.
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington. | Borough. | London. | |||||||
| 1903. | Dep. from Average. | 1903. | Dep. from Average. | 1903 | Dep. from Average. | 1903. | Dep. from Average. | 1903. | Dep. from Average. | ||
| Smallpox | 3 | —19 (86) | 1 | —2 (67) | 1 | —2 (67) | 5 | —23 (82) | 417 | —1,134(75) | |
| Cholera ... | ... | ... | ... | —0 (0) | ... | ... | ... | -0 (0) | ... | —24 (100) | |
| Diphtheria | 97 | —121 (56) | 27 | -9 (25) | 19 | —38 (67) | 143 | —168 (54) | 7,593 | —4,830 (39) | |
| Membranous Croup | 9 | —4 (67) | -0 (0) | -0 (0) | 2 | -5(71) | 156 | —231 (60) | |||
| Erysipelas | 90 | —33 (27) | 18 | -3 (14) | 10 | —8 (46) | 118 | —44 (27) | 4,382 | —1,772(2.9) | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 314 | —86 (22) | 37 | —37 (50) | 63 | -13 (17) | 414 | —13G (25) | 12,545 | —9,129(42) |
| Typhus | -0 (0) | ... | -0 (0) | 1 | + 1 (100) | 1 | + 1 (100) | oo | + 9 (60) | ||
| Enteric | 30 | —28 (48) | 5 | —9 (72) | 8 | -1 (11) | 43 | —38 (47) | 2,344 | — 1,305 (36) | |
| Relapsing | -0 (0) | —0 (0) | 1 | -1 (50) | |||||||
| Continued | o | +0 ... | 1 | + 1 (100) | 3 | + 1 (50) | 41 | —56 (5S) | |||
| Puerperal | 2 | -6 (75) | —1 (100) | 1 | -o (0) | 3 | -7 (70) | 231 | —60 (21) | ||
| All Diseases | 540 | —297 (35) | 89 | —60 (40) | 103 | —62 (38) | 732 | —419 (33) | 27,732 | -18,533 (40) | |
The figures in parentheses indicate the increase (decrease) in 1903 per cent. of the average.
signifies no case recorded. 0 average less than unity.