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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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chickkn-pox.
The incidence of attacks and deaths is fully given in the appended table:— TABLE 21. Whooping Cough. 1904.
| 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 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 17 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | — | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| St. John | Cases | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | |||||||
| North-West . Paddington | Cases | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
. There were 2 deaths in this Sub-District, one being a case included in the Report for 1903, and the other,
a case not reported during life.
The mortality was at the rate of 0.11 per 1,000 persons of all ages, just one-third of the
decennial mean (0.33). All the rates for last year were well below the respective means.
(Sec below.)
Whooping Cough : Death-rates per 1,000 persons.
| Mean Rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five years. | Five years. | Ten years. | ||
| 1904. | 1894-98 | 1899-1903 | 1894-1903 | |
| Borough | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.33 |
| St. Mary | 0.13 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.37 |
| St. John | 0.02 | 1.1 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| North-West Paddington | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.53 |
Lower rates (Table 14) were recorded in Marylebone (0.09)), Hampstead (0.09) and
Willesden (0.08), while higher rates prevailed in the County as a whole. (Table 15.)
CHICKEN-POX.
The notification of chicken-pox was re-introduced by an Order of the London County
Council under Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, on April 4th, and
remained effective until November 6th. The cases notified numbered 280, and 146 additional
cases were reported to the Department. The total number of known cases was 432
as compared with 183 in 1903. There was no death from this disease during the year.
The sex-age incidence is indicated below:—
| Ages 0— | 1— | o_ | 3— | 4— | 5— | 13— | 15— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males 13 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 32 | 91 | 5 | 4 |
| Females 11 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 35 | 112 | 4 | 8 |