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chicken-pox.
CHICKEN-POX.
The Order requiring the notification of this disease expired at the middle of January of
last year. In addition to 17 cases notified under the Order, 170 cases were reported to the
Department. Of the 193 cases, 122 were from St. Mary's Sub-District, 21 from St. John's, and
47 from North-West Paddington. There was only one death from this disease.
The sex-age distribution of the cases was—
Ages 0— 1— 2— 3— 4— ;>— 13— 15—
Males 4 11 5 8 18 48 10 4
Females 3 2 4 12 12 38 10 4
Distributing the cases according to Wards—
Queen's Park Ward 47 Maida Vale 6 Church 20 Lancaster Gate (East) 6
Harrow Road 62 Westbourne 35 Lancaster Gate (West) 4 Hyde Park 13
The cases were reported from 139 houses, viz.—
From 107 houses 1 case. From 5 houses 4 cases.
„ 20 „ 2 cases. „ 1 house . 5 „
,, 5 ,, 3 „ „ 1 ,, 6 ,.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Phthisis (Consumption).—There were 152 deaths from this disease last year, one less
than 1902 (53 weeks). The deaths comprised 87 of males and 05 of females. Particulars as
to deaths at various ages and of deaths in the Wards, &c., will be found in Tables IV. and
V. (Appendix.) The deaths last year were 22 below the decennial average (174), 28 below
the average for the five years, 1893-97 (180), and 17 below the average for the five years,
1898-1902 (109). The mortality last year was at the rate of 1.04 per 1,000 persons of all
ages, 0T4 below the decennial mean rate. A full comparison of rates is appended—
Phthisis.
Death-rates.
Mean Rates.
/
Five years. Five years. Ten years.
1903 1893-97 1898-1902 1893-1902
Borough 1.04 1.22 1.15 1.18
St. Mary 1.21 1.37 1.32 1.34
St. John 0.31 0.82 0.66 0.74
North-West Paddington 1.47 1.28 1.21 1.24
Corresponding comparisons for the Wards are not available at present, as the rates have
only been taken out for three years. These rates will be found in Table 25, and show that
in the Northern Wards last year's rates were generally higher than those for 1902. The
variations are, however, too irregular to warrant any conclusions being drawn from them.
The death rates from phthisis in the adjacent districts, obtained from data given in the
Registrar-General's Quarterly Reports, are set out in Table 15. The local rate there given
(0.06) is third in order of magnitude, lower rates having been recorded in Hampstead (0.73)
and Willesden (0.88). These rates are "crude" rates, and take no count of the sex-age
constitutions of the populations. Factors for such correction were given in the last Annual
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the County, and Table 23 has been prepared by
means of those factors. The local rate for last year (1.00) was 41.2 per cent, below the
standard rate (1.80), the greatest decrease being in the rate for Hampstead (58.3 per cent,
below the standard rate), and the least, that for Marylebone (decrease equal to 1.7 per cent,
of the standard rate).
* The factor for Willesden has been calculated by the Department.