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Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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septic diseases. 27
Rates based on the numbers of births registered and the numbers of females of childbearing
ages, are set out below:—
Puerperal Fever. Morbidity rates per 1,000
| Females aged 15-45. | Births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | |
| Paddington | 0.14 | 0.15 | 2.19 | 3.03 |
| London | 0.23 | 0.21 | 2.31 | 1.90 |
| Kensington | 0.06 | 0.17 | 1.15 | 3.18 |
| Westminster | 0.20 | 0.08 | 4.08 | 1.72 |
| Marylebone | 0.13 | 0.06 | 2.29 | 1.07 |
| Hampstead | 0.06 | 0.18 | 1.40 | 4.19 |
| Willesden | 0.33 | 0.13 | 3.14 | 1.15 |
Only one death from this cause was registered in the Borough, the smallest total
recorded since 1891. The mortality and fatality rates for the Borough and the Adjacent
Districts are set out below:—
Puerperal Fever: Death-rates. Mortality per 1,000
| Females aged 15-45 years. | Births registered. | Fatality per 100 cases notified. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | 1905. | 1904. | ||
| Paddington | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 2.42 | 14.3 | 80.0 (60.0) | |
| London | 0.14 | 0.17 | 1.45 | 1.68 | 63.1 | 79.5 | |
| Kensington | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.86 | 1.44 | 75.0 | 45.4 | |
| Westminster | 0.10 | 0.01 | 2.04 | 0.34 | 50.0 | 20.0 | |
| Marylebone | 0.02 | — | 0.38 | — | 16.6 | — | |
| Hampstead | — | 0.12 | - | 2.79 | — | 66.6 | |
| Willesden | 0.23 | 0.13 | 2.17 | 1.15 | 69.2 | 100 | |
The figures given just above represent only a part of the mortality in childbed. Even
when the deaths scheduled under " accidents and diseases of parturition" are added, it is not
certain that the full total is obtained, as the occurrence of labour immediately before death
is not always included in the certificate. The deaths from "puerperal fever" and
"accidents, &c., of parturition" in the Borough numbered 10, equal to a rate of 0.06 per
1,000 persons, or 0.03 below the decennial mean (0.09). In St. Mary's Sub-District the rates
were the same (O.OO last year, 0'09 mean); in St. John, 0.17, mean 0.05; and in North-West
Paddington (where the death from puerperal fever occurred) 0.16, mean 0.15.
Calculating the mortality on the corrected numbers of children whose births were
registered during the year, the following rates are obtained:—
Rates per1,000 Births. (Corrected.)
| 1904. | 1905. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Borough | 4.32 | 3.03 | |
| St. Mary | 4.53 | 2.45 | |
| St. John | 4.92 | 2.37 | |
| North-West Paddington | 2.41 | 7.01 | |