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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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NOTIFICATIONS.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The cases certified* under Sec. 55 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
numbered 684, being 48 fewer than the total cases reported in 1903 (732), and 237 less than
the corresponding total (921) for 1902 (53 weeks). In comparison with the previous year,
the numbers of cases of all the diseases scheduled showed reductions (sec Table 7), except
those of enteric fever (increase of 5 cases) and puerperal fever (increase of 7 cases). The
greatest decrease was that of scarlet fever (49 cases, equal to 12 per cent. of the total
for 1903).
TABLE 7. Notifications.
| Borough. | London. | Notification Rates. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1903 | Differences. Increase ( + ) Decrease (—) | 1904 | 1903 | Differences. Increase ( + ) Decrease (—) | Borough. | London. | ||||
| 1904 | 1903 | 1904 | 1903 | ||||||||
| Smallpox | 4 | 5 | — 1 | 495 | 417 | + 78 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.09 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Diphtheria | 140 | 143 | — 3 | 7,082 | 7,593 | —511 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1.52 | 1.64 | |
| Membranous Croup | ... | 2 | _2 | 145 | 156 | — 11 | ... | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| Erysipelas | 117 | 118 | — 1 | 4,954 | 4,382 | + 572 | 0.79 | 0.88 | 1.06 | 0.91 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 365 | 414 | —49 | 13,451 | 12,545 | + 996 | 2.48 | 2.83 | 2.89 | 2.71 |
| Typhus | ... | 1 | — 1 | 3 | — 19 | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Enteric | 48 | 43 | + 5 | 1,903 | 2,344 | —441 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.50 | |
| Relapsing | ... | 2 | 1 | + 1 | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Continued | ... | 3 | — 3 | 28 | 41 | — 13 | ... | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |
| Puerperal | 10 | 3 | + 7 | 274 | 231 | + 43 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
| Totals | 684 | 732 | —48 | 28,337 | 27,732 | + 605 | 4.65 | 5.01 | 6.09 | 6.00 | |
TABLE 8. Notifications, 1904 (Compiled from Registrar-General's Quarterly Reports).
| Pad dington. | London.* | Kensington. | Westminster.† | Marylebone. | Hampstead. | Willesden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 4 | 491 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 143 | 7,220 | 187 | 145 | 118 | 58 | 351 | |
| Erysipelas | 117 | 4,947 | 141 | 126 | 187 | 56 | 74 | |
| Fevers.______ | Scarlet | 363 | 13,438 | 267 | 313 | 295 | 169 | 327 |
| Enteric | 48 | 1,896 | 47 | 51 | 50 | 27 | 37 | |
| Continued | — | 27 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | — | |
| Puerperal | 10 | 273 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |
* Also 3 cases typhus fever † Also 1 case typhus fever.
* Chicken-pox was added to the list of notified diseases for part of the year; but the cases of this disease
certified in accordance with the Order of the London County Council have been reserved for separate
consideration.