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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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deaths.
TABLE 7.
Morbidity Rates.§
Compiled from Official Publications.
| Paddington. | London. | Kensington. | Westminster. | Maryle-bone. | Hamp- stead. | Willesden. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | 1906 | Mean 1901-5 | ||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Diphtheria* | 1.22 | 1.70 | 0.97 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.98 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.93 | 1.06 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 1.15 | 0.59 | 0.71 | ||||||||
| Fevers | Scarlet | 4.80 | 4.30 | 2.61 | 3.08 | 3.07 | 4.31 | 4.40 | |||||||
| Enteric | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 0.32 | ||||||||
| Puerperal | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.06 | ||||||||
§ Per 1,000 persons.
*Including membranous croup.
Including continued fever.
DEATHS.
There were registered within the Borough during the past year 2,041 deaths, equal to a
rate of 13.73 per 1,000 persons of all ages. The number of deaths was 252 below the average
for the decennium 1890-1905, and the rate 2.16 below the mean. (See Table I., Appendix.)
After correcting for non-residents (395 deaths) and for outlying institutions, &c. (197 deaths),
a nett total of 1,843 is obtained, equal to a rate of 12.40, or 2.51 less than the decennial mean.
The corrected totals and rates for the three Registration Sub-Districts will be found
in Fable II. of the Appendix. The death-rates in the Wards ranged from 6.87 to 17.65, all
being lower than their respective means for the five years 1901-05, except those of Church
(17.65) and Hyde Park (12.16). (See Table 8.) With but few exceptions, the age-group
rates were below the corresponding means. (Table 9.)
TABLE 8.
Nett Numbers of Deaths and Nett Rates.
| Deaths. All causes, all ages. . 1906. | Mortality per 1,000 persons. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906. | Mean-rates, 1901-05. | |||||||||
| Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | ||
| Borough | 879 | 964 | 1,843 | 13*80 | 11.34 | 12.40 | ||||
| Wards. | Queen's Park | 101 | 105 | 206 | 12.14 | 12.68 | 12.41 1 | |||
| Harrow Road | 158 | 161 | 319 | 11.38 | 10.44 | 10.89 | ||||
| Maida Vale | 129 | 121 | 250 | 16.27 | 10.19 | 12.63 | ||||
| Westbourne | 136 | 161 | 297 | 13.15 | 10.87 | 11.81 | ||||
| Church | 235 | 252 | 487 | 17.92 | 17.41 | 17.65 | ||||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 23 | 35 | 58 | 8.10 | 6.25 | 6.87 | ||||
| Lancaster Gate, East | 24 | 33 | 57 | 10.50 | 5.85 | 7.19 | ||||
| Hyde Park | 73 | 96 | 169 | 14.66 | 10.77 | 12.16 | ||||