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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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housing. 69 TABLE 38. Rates of Morbidity and Mortality per 1,000 persons of all ages, except where otherwise indicated.
| Clarendon Street Area. | Rest of Borough. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890.00. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1890.00. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | |||
| Notifications. | Small.pox | — | 0.13 | 5.12 | 0.37 | ... | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.51 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| Diphtheria. | 1.85 | 2.19 | 2.02 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 2.17 | 2.38 | 1.39 | 0.99 | 0.95 | ||
| Erysipelas | 2.07 | 2.33 | 1.75 | 1.37 | 1.59 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.76 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 5.21 | 5.76 | 2.69 | 3.43 | 5.26 | 3.99 | 3.36 | 2.42 | 2.80 | 2.36 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 0.95 | 1.78 | 0.40 | 0.96 | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.28 | 0.31 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 0.05 | — | 0.12 | — | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.06 | ||
| At all ages | 28.75 | 22.66 | 23.23 | 26.08 | 29.36 | 16.17 | 13.81 | 14.14 | 12.46 | 13.02 | ||
| Deaths. | 0—10 years | Rates per 1,ooo persons at these ages. | 46.87 | 32.99 | 32.45 | 36.84 | 47.90 | 27.79 | 26.87 | 23.64 | 24.33 | |
| 10— | 20.41 | 17.78 | 18.89 | 21.01 | 21.55 | 11.17 | 11.72 | 10.34 | 10.83 | |||
| Infants under | 1 yr.* | 308 | 290 | 250 | 263 | 353 | 288 | 215 | 197 | 195 | 209 | |
| In Institutions † | 30.0 | 42.4 | 40.7 | 43.1 | 38.58 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 27.8 | ||
| Infants under 1 yr.‡ | 59.0 | 62.3 | 55.8 | 58.1 | 73.0 | 67.1 | 65.0 | 64.6 | 69.3 | |||
* Per 1,000 deaths at all ages.
I Per 100 deaths at all ages.
\ Per 100 deaths, 0—10 years.
Common Lodging Houses.— These houses are now registered annually under the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902. That Council exercises all the necessary
supervision—the only matters coming under the jurisdiction of the Borough being the
reconstruction of drains, &c.
There are 8 houses in the Borough, 6 accommodating 195 men; 1,31 women; and
1, 19 married couples. No case of sickness was reported from any of the houses, but seven
deaths of inmates were recorded, the smallest number since the returns were first extracted
in 1901. The deceased were all males, whose ages ranged from 3 to 64 years. The causes
of death during the four years are sufficiently indicated below :—
1901.
1902.
1903.
1904.
Tubercular diseases
Cancer, Malignant diseases
Respiratory diseases
Other causes
3
4
4
3
1
1
9
6
3
3
1
6
1
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.—The negotiations for a site referred to in the
last Report ended unsuccessfully. A smaller scheme is now under consideration.
Inhabited House Duty : Revenue Act, 1903.—A larger number of applications for
certificates were received last vear than in any year since 1894. One application was
refused on account of the very small dimensions of the living rooms and the absence of
suitable and separate scullery accommodation. Certificates were granted for two houses let
in separate tenements, 3 families in each, for 19 blocks of flats containing 10 flats each, and
for 8 separate flats—making 198 flats in all.