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Paddington 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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notifications. 7

Table: TABLE 6.Notifications.

TABLE 6.

Notifications.

Borough.London.Notification Rates.
19051904Differences. *19051904Differences. *Borough.London.
1905190419051904
Smallpox24—074495— 4210.010.020.020.10
Cholera..............................
Diphtheria92140— 486,3657,082— 7170.620.951.361.52
Membranous Croup4...+ 4124145— 210.02...0.030.03
Erysipelas136117+ 194,9754,954+ 210.920.791.061.06
Fevers.Scarlet277365— 8819,46913,451+ 60181.872.484.152.89
Typhus.........93+ 6......0.00o.oo
Enteric4648— 21,5521,903— 3510.310.320.330.40
Relapsing.........12— 1......0.00o.oo.
Continued.........1428— 14......o.oo0.01
Puerperal710— 3291274+ 170.050.060.060.04
Totals564684—12032,87428,337+45373.814.657.016.09
* + indicates increase in 1905. „ decrease „

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In Table 7 the numbers of cases of the principal diseases, as obtained from the Registrar.
General's Quarterly Reports, in the Borough and the Adjacent Districts, are set out, and in
Table 9 the rates for last year are compared with the mean rates for the four years 1901.04.
The local rate for diphtheria (including membranous croup) was 0.65—the lowest of all the
rates from this disease, that from scarlet fever 1.87 also the lowest, but in this case the
Kensington rate was the same. The Westminster rate for enteric fever (0.23) was the only
one below that for the Borough (0.30), while the rates for Kensington and Hampstead (0.02
in each case) for puerperal fever were the only two below that for Paddington (0.04). The
differences from the mean rates are, generally speaking, much in favour of the Borough.

Table: TABLE 7.Notifications, 1905.(Compiled from Registrar.General's Quarterly Reports).

TABLE 7.

Notifications, 1905.

(Compiled from Registrar.General's Quarterly Reports).

Pad. dington.London.*Kensington.Westminster.Marylebone.Hampstead.Willesden
Smallpox'074.'2.—.
Diphtheria, Memb. Croup976,48913012013166275
Erysipelas1364,9661581241614456
Fevers.Scarlet27919,467337368278180397
Enteric451,5505341461841
Continued—140..1—
Puerperal72934126213
* Also 9 cases of typhus fever and 1 of relapsing fever.