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Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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36 CHICKEN-POX.
The mortality—rate per 1,000 persons of all ages—was 0.33 last year, just three times
the rate for 1904. In each of the three Sub-Districts the mortality for last year was much
in excess of that of the previous year, the latter rates being St. Mary, 0.13; St. John, 0.02;
and North-West Paddington, 0.12. The rates for last year are given below, and are there
compared with the respective mean rates.
Whooping Cough: Death-rates Per 1,000 persons.
| 1905. | Mean Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-99 | 1900-04 | 1895-1904 | ||
| Borough | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.30 |
| St. Mary | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.34 |
| St. John | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| North-West Paddington | 0.59 | 0.65 | 0.34 | 0.39 |
The mortality in the Adjacent Districts (Table 12) varied from 0.15 in Westminster
to 0.48 in Willesden. In Westminster and Marylebone only was last year's mortality below
the mean rates for 1901-04.
The rates for last year, after correction for sex-age constitution of the populations, are
given in Table 24.
TABLE 24.
Corrected Mortality—Whooping Cough.
| Standard Rate. | Correction Factor. | Corrected Rates. | Differences, 1905. from | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905. | Mean, 1901-04. | Standard Rate. | Mean Rate. | |||
| London | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.35 | -0.19 | -0.04 | |
| Paddington | 0.39 | 1.27591 | 0.42 | 0.30 | +0.03 | +0.12 |
| Kensington | 0.35 | 1.43405 | 0.47 | 0.37 | +0.12 | +0.10 |
| Westminster | 0.31 | 1.62357 | 0.24 | 0.29 | -0.07 | -0.05 |
| Marylebone | 0.36 | 1.37086 | 0.24 | 0.33 | -0.12 | -0.09 |
| Hampstead | 0.34 | 1.45226 | 0.27 | 0.24 | -0.07 | +0.03 |
| Willesden | 0.57 | 0.87550 | 0.42 | 0.28 | -0.15 | +0.14 |
CHICKEN-POX.
This disease was not on the list for notification during last year. Information was,
however, received of 304 cases, as compared with 432 in 1904 (when notification was in force
for part of the year) and 183 in 1903. Last year's cases occurred in 181 houses (average
1.6 per house). In 1904 the average was 1.5 per house.
The sex-age distribution of the cases last year was—
Ages 0— 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 13— 15—
Males 7 11 15 15 22 55 2 2
Females 8 9 17 20 32 81 2 6