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Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SCARLET FEVER.
Comparing last year's rate for the Borough with those for the Districts given in
Table 12, the local rate was lower than all the others, that for Willesden excepted, where
the rate was 0.03. Last year's rates for the four adjacent Metropolitan Boroughs were in
excess of the respective mean rates, those for Paddington and Willesden less.
The rates, after correction for differences in sex and age proportions, are given in
Table 18 In Kensington, Westminster and Marylebone the rates for last year were above
the standard rates, in Paddington and Willesden below. In the two latter districts also last
year's rates were less than the mean rates for the four years 1901-01, the rates for all the
other districts being higher.
TABLE 17.
Scarlet Fever.
| Cases Notified.* | Cases to Hospital. | Hospital Cases Per cent. of Notified Cases. | Deaths. | Fatalities percent. cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | At Hospital. | At Home. | At Hospital. | |||||
| Queen's Park | 24 (1) | 20 (1) | 83 | — | 1 | — | 5.2 | |
| Harrow Road | 77 (3) | 76 (2) | 99 | — | — | — | — | |
| Maida Vale | 33 (4) | 22 (2) | 67 | — | 1 | — | 5.0 | |
| Westbourne | 38 (4) | 34 (3) | 89 | — | — | — | — | |
| Church | 51 (3) | 50 (3) | 98 | — | 1 (1) | — | — | |
| Lancaster Gate( West) | 26 (3) | 21 (3) | 81 | — | — | — | — | |
| „ (East) | 10 (1) | 10 (1) | 100 | — | — | — | — | |
| Hyde Park | 18 | 14 | 78 | — | 2 | — | 14.2 | |
| Borough Percentages | 1905† | 277 (19) | 247 (15) | 89.1 | — | 5 (1) | — | 1.7 |
| 1904 | 365 (9) | 324 (7) | 88.7 | — | 9 | — | 2.8 | |
| 1903 | 414 (9) | 378 (9) | 91.3 | 1 | 9(1) | 2.7 | 2.1 | |
| 1902 | 359 (4) | 296 | 82.4 | 1 | 7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | |
| 1901 | 503 (?) | 439 (?) | 87.2 | 2 | 9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | |
* See foot-note * to Table 15.
† Two other deaths from scarlet fever were registered during the year from Church Ward. One belonged to
1904, and has been added thereto, and the other was after a notification of diphtheria (error).
TABLE 18.
Corrected Mortality—Scarlet Fever.
| Standard Rate. | Correction Factor. | Corrected Rates. | Differences, 1905, from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | Mean, 1901-04. | Standard Rate. | Mean Rate. | ||||
| London | 0.17 | — | o.11 | 0.09 | -0.06 | + 0.02 | |
| Paddington | 0.13 | 1.27045 | 0.05 | 0.07 | -0.08 | -0.02 | |
| Kensington | 0.12 | 1.36601 | 0.15 | 0.09 | + 0.03 | + 0.06 | |
| Westminster | 0.11 | 1.55555 | 0.12 | 0.09 | + 0.01 | + 0.03 | |
| Marylebone | 0.12 | 1.35389 | 0.14 | 0.13 | + 0.02 | + 0.01 | |
| Hampstead | 0.12 | 1.38885 | 0.08 | 0.06 | -0.04 | + 0.02 | |
| Willesden | 0.19 | 0.89921 | 0.02 | 0.06 | -0.17 | -0.04 | |