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Paddington 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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cancer.
0.37 per 1,000 persons of all ages, 0.17 less than the mean. A complete comparison is given
below:—
Other Tubercular Diseases : Death-rates Per 1,000 persons.
| Mean Rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five years. | Five years. | Ten years. | ||
| 1904 | 1894-9S | 1899-1903 | 1894-1903 | |
| Borough | 0.37 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
| St. Mary | 0.47 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.62 |
| St. John | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
| North-West Paddington | 0.30 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.04 |
" CANCER."
Under this term are included several varieties of malignant new growths. The deaths
attributed to them numbered 150, 3 less than in 1003, but 22 more than in 1902. The
deceased persons comprised 54 males and 102 females. Last year's total was 8 in excess of
the corrected annual average (148k Of the 150 deaths 96 were recorded from St. Mary
Sub-District, the decennial average being 07; 48 from St. John (average 35); and 12 from
North-West Paddington (average 10). The mortality was at the rate of 1.06 per 1,000
persons of all ages, 0.09 above the mean rates—'the whole of the increase falling in St. John.
(See below.)
Cancer : Death-rates Per 1,000 persons. Mean Rates.
| Five years. | Five years. | Ten years. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 1894-98 | 1899-1903 | 1894-1903 |
| Borough 1.06 | 0.89 | 1.04 | 0.97 |
| St. Mary 0.99 | 0.92 | 1.07 | 1.00 |
| St. John 1.43 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.92 |
| North-West Paddington 0.71 | 0.72 | 1.10 | 0.91 |
The sex-age distribution of the deaths in the Borough will be found in Table IV
Appendix. The numbers for the Wards in 194 and 193 (in parentheses) are compared
below, and show some striking differences. Thus in the four Northern Wards there were
35 fewer deaths last year than in 1003, and in the four Southern Wards, 32 more:—
Queen's Park 2 (31) Church 32 (23)
Harrcvv Road 7 (29) Lancaster Gate (West) 13 (9)
Maida Vale 5 (23) Lancaster Gate (East) 5 (4)
Westbourne 25 (31) Hyde Park 27 (9)
The greatest proportional increase occurred in Hyde Park Ward, and the greatest
decrease in-Queen's Park Ward.
The Medical Officers of Health of the Adjacent Districts have kindly forwarded
particulars of the numbers of deaths from "cancer" in their respective areas, and the figures
for the years 1001-03 have been extracted from their annual reports. From the data thus
collected, and by the use of "correction factors," Table 24 has been compiled. The local
"recorded" rate (1.00) is the highest of the series, and the "corrected" rate (0.94) is the
third highest, being exceeded by the rates for the Metropolis (0.00) and Willesden (l.04).