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Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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phthisis. 37
The Ward distribution was more equable, as may be seen below. The numbers for 1904
are shown in parentheses:—
Queen's Park 43 (34)
Harrow Road 83 (128)
Maida Vale 20 (55)
Westbourne 37 (27)
Church 76 (102)
Lancaster Gate (West) 10 (10)
Lancaster Gate (East) 11 (29)
Hyde Park 24 (47)
There was one death from the disease, a male under one year of age.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Phthisis (Consumption).—The deaths from consumption, which numbered 152 in 1903,
164 in 1904, decreased to 136 last year, 78 of the deceased persons being males and 58
females. In Tables IV. and V. (Appendix) will be found a sex-age distribution for the
Borough and the total numbers of deaths in each Ward.
The nett mortality for the Borough was 0.92, as compared with rates of 1.12 and 1.04
in 1904 and 1903. The decennial mean rate (1.15) is 0.23 in excess of the rate for last year.
All rates for the past year (with one exception) were below the means, as may be seen from
the appended tabulation:—
Phthisis: Death-Rates Per 1,000 persons.
| 1905 | Mean Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-99 | 1900-04 | 1899-1904 | ||
| Borough | 0.92 | 1.23 | 1.08 | 1.15 |
| St. Mary | 1.02 | 1.37 | 1.21 | 1.29 |
| St. John | 0.68 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
| North-West Paddington | 0.77 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 1.31 |
In Queen's Park, Harrow Road, Maida Vale, and Westbourne Wards last year's rates
(see Table 25) were below the mean rates for 1901-04, and in the others above. The greatest
increase was in Lancaster Gate (East) Ward, from 0.46 to 0.03, and the least in Church
Ward, from 1.60 to 1.64. In the Borough last year's rate (0.92) was 0.14 below the mean for
the four years (1.06).
TABLE 25.
Phthisis Mortality.
| Wards. | Percentage of total Population, 1901. | Recorded Rates. | Standard Rate. | Corrected Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Overcrowded." | Living in homes of less than 5 rooms. | ||||||
| 1905. | Mean, 1901-04. | 1905. | Mean, 1901-04. | ||||
| Queen's Park | 9.1 | 51.7 | 0.77 | 1.21 | 1.73 | 0.77 | 1.21 |
| Harrow Road | 11.5 | 75.5 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 1.77 | 0.80 | 0.96 |
| Maida Vale | 12.6 | 43.4 | 0.56 | 1.02 | 1.82 | 0.53 | 0.98 |
| Westbourne | 13.4 | 46.3 | 0.92 | 1.12 | 1.80 | 0.88 | 1.08 |
| Church | 32.8 | 61.3 | 1.64 | 1.60 | 1.68 | 1.69 | 1.65 |
| Lancaster Gate— | |||||||
| (West) | 2.6 | 15.2 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 1.84 | 0.44 | 0.38 |
| (East) | 2.1 | 16.2 | 0.63 | 0.46 | 1.84 | 0.59 | 0.44 |
| Hyde Park | 5.2 | 25.3 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 1.88 | 0.72 | 0.59 |