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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SICKNESS.
TABLE 4.
Notification of Sickness.
Paddington.
| Notifications. | Morbidity Rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 1905 | Increase ( + ) | 1906 | 1905 | Mean 1901-05 | ||
| \ w Decrease (—) | |||||||
| Smallpox | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | - | ... | ||
| Diphtheria | 182 | 92 | + 90 | 1.22 | 0.62 | ||
| Membranous Croup | ... | 4 | — 4 | ... | 0.02 | ||
| Erysipelas | 138 | 136 | + 2 | 0.92 | 0.92 | ||
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 715 | 277 | + 438 | 4.81 | 1.87 | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric | 34 | 46 | — 12 | 0.22 | 0.31 | ||
| Relapsing | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued | 1 | ... | + 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Puerperal | 12 | 7 | + 5 | 0.08 | 0.05 | ||
| Totals | 1,083 | 564 | + 519 | 7.28 | 3.81 | ||
TABLE 5.
Notifications , 1906.
Distributed according to Sex and Age.
| Ages. | Smallpox. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fevers. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet. | Enteric. | f Continued. | Puer peral. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | F. | |
| 0- | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1- | ... | ... | 7 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3- | ... | ... | 10 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 21 | fy 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4- | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 32 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5- | ... | ... | 34 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 184 | 215 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| 13- | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 11 | 24 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 15- | ... | ... | 4 | 14 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 |
| 25- | ... | 1 | 12 | 15 | ... | ... | 41 | 47 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 8 | ... | 1 | 10 |
| 65- | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 7 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| All Ages. | ... | 1 | 84 | 98 | ... | ... | 58 | 80 | 327 | 388 | 16 | 18 | ... | 1 | 12 |
| Rates, 1906 . | ... | 0.01 | 1.31 | 1.15 | ... | ... | 0.91 | 0.94 | 5.13 | 4.56 | 0.25 | 0.21 | ... | 0.01 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | ... | 0.02 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 1.06 | 0.82 | 2.07 | 0.30 | 0.32 | ... | V/ V X ... | 0.08 | |
| Mean Rates, 1901-05. | |||||||||||||||