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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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housing. 67
The sex.age mortality rates cannot be given in full, but the rates for the two age.groups
(persons), 0.10 and 10 upwards, together with the ratios of infantile deaths to deaths at all
aces, and under 10 years, are appended:—
Registered Streets.
Rest of Borough.
Death.rate per 1,000 persons 0.10
of each age 10—
Infantile mortality (under 1 year)
Per 1,000 deaths, all ages
Per 100 deaths, 0.10
36.48
17.77
295
68.3
23.90
10.52
206
70.3
TABLE 37.
| Rates per 1,000 persons. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Streets. | Rest of Borough. | Clarendon Street Area. | Rest of Borough. | |
| Notifications— | ||||
| Small.pox | — | 0.03 | — | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup ... | 1.25 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.95 |
| Erysipelas | 1.50 | 0.71 | 1.59 | 0.76 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.81 | 2.32 | 5.26 | 2.36 |
| Enteric and Continued Fevers | 0'75 | 0.27 | 0.63 | 0.31 |
| Puerperal Fever... | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.06 |
| All Diseases | 7.14 | 4.31 | 8.45 | 4.48 |
| Deaths— | ||||
| Small.pox | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | |
| Measles | 0.31 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.27 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.05 | — | 0.05 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.31 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.09 |
| Diphtheria | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 2.56 | 0.76 | 3.83 | 0.83 |
| Erysipelas | — | 0.01 | — | 0.04 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.18 | 0.03 | — | 0.05 |
| Phthisis | 2.19 | 0.98 | 4.30 | 1.17 |
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 0.87 | 0.01 | ||
| Alcoholism | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.01 |
| Cancer | 1.18 | 1.04 | * | * |
| Premature Birth | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.79 | 0.40 |
| Developmental Diseases | 1.00 | 0.21 | 2.07 | 0.22 |
| Bronchitis Pneumonia | 2.56 1.18 | 1.16 0.76 | 1 4.94 | 2.00 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 0.18 | 0.14 | * | * |
| Accidents and Diseases of Childbirth | 0.12 | 0.03 | * | * |
| Suicides | 0.06 | 0.07 | — | 0.07 |
| Other Causes | 8.63 | 6.14 | 12.45 | 7.45 |
| All Causes | 22.84 | 12.60 | 29.36 | 13.02 |
* Included with " Other Causes."
Exemption by rent.— The model by.laws of the Local Government Board include a clause
exempting tenements above a given rent (left to be determined by the local authority) from
the operation of the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act relating to houses let in
lodgings. Practically all by.laws adopted by local authorities include one founded on the
model clause. It must be observed that there is nothing in the Act sanctioning any exemption,
the provisions being applicable to all houses occupied by members of more than one family.
Counsel's opinion on the legality of an exemption clause was taken some three years ago by
the London County Council, the opinion being against the practice of the Local Government
Board.