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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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measles.
The ages of the patients attacked, distinguishing the sexes, and the numbers of deaths,
are given in full below:—
TABLE 20. Measles, 1901.
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 13— | 15— | ||||||||||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | M.. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| St. Mary | Cases | 17 | 15 | 43 | 20 | 40 | 32 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 10 | 75 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| St. John | Cases | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||
| — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| North-West Paddington | Cases | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 29 | 45 | 58 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Borough. Fatality 1904 | 26.9 | 20.9 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | — | — | — | ||
| 1903 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 9.6 | — | — | — | 1.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
It may be noticed that the fatality decreases greatly after the second year of life, also
that the fatality is generally greater among males than among females.
The mortality last year was at the rate of 0.26 per 1,000 persons of all ages, 0.10 below
the decennial average. According to the figures of the Registrar-General, the rate was 0.27
(see Table 14, 0.02 below the mean for the three preceding years. The rates for Westminster
(0.13) and Hampstead (0.19) were lower than that for the Borough, the other higher. In
comparison with the country, the local rate was lower than any of the prevailing rates, that
for "Rest of England and Wales" (Rural Districts) alone excepted. (See Table 15.)
Last year's rate for North-West Paddington was the only one in excess of the means.
(See below.)
Measles: Death-rates Per 4,000 persons.
| Mean Rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r Five years. | Five years. | Ten years. | ||
| 1901. | 1894-98. | 1899-1903. | 1894-4903. | |
| Borough | 0.20 | 0.47 | 0.26 | 0.30 |
| St. Mary | 0.23 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 0.45 |
| St. John | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.08 | |
| North-West Paddington | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
On April 1st, 1903, the Order made by the London County Council extending to measles
the Sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, relating to disinfection and other
means of limiting the spread of infection, came into operation. After a year's experience of