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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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21
MEASLES.
The numbers reported in the Borough during each of the quarters of the years 1903-00, based on weekly
returns, are given below. For the first time the total of the weekly returns exceeded the corrected total for the year.
| Quarters | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. | Corrected. | |||||
| 1906 | 105 | 204 | 199 | 89 | 597 | 592 |
| 1905 | 227 | 895 | 292 | 288 | 1,702 | 1,714 |
| 1904 | 723 | 94 | 18 | 23 | 858 | 896 |
| 1903 | 42 | 147 | 185 | 362 | 736 | 929 |
The largest number of cases (136) was reported from Westbourne Ward, the total for
Queen's Park Ward (134) being, however, very nearly the same. The statement below shows
how the numbers of cases have varied in the different Wards during the past four years. The
figures for the three southern Wards (Lancaster Gate, East and West, and Hyde Park) must
be accepted with reservation. In the other Wards, it is believed that the totals given are
very near approximations. In the former group the children attending public elementary
schools form but a small proportion of all children residing there, while the reverse
holds good in the latter groups. At present only a small number of the private schools
communicate with the Department on the occurrence of the disease in the schools.
An increasing number of cases are, however, reported by parents with a view to securing
disinfection.
| c. | d. | f. | c. | d. | f. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen s Park | 1906 | 134 | 1 | 0.7 | Church ... | l906 | 72 | 4 | 5.5 | |
| 1905 | 244 | 3 | 1.2 | 1905 | 434 | 25 | 5.7 | |||
| 1906 | 0.06 | 1904 | 288 | 15 | 5.2 | 1906 0T4 ' | 1904 | 129 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Mean | 0.36 | 1903 | 50 | 4 | 8.0 | Mean 0*70 | 1903 | 321 | 15 | 4.6 |
| Harrow Road | l906 | 127 | 4 | 3.1 | Lancaster Gate, West | 1906 | 41 | —— | — | |
| 1905 | 461 | 20 | 4.3 | 1905 | 27 | - | ||||
| 1906 | 0.14 | 1904 | 231 | 10 | 4.3 | 1906 ' | 1904 | 54 | 1 | 1.8 |
| Mean | 0.32 | 1903 | 185 | 8 | 4.3 | Mean 0.04 | 1903 | 10 | - | - |
| Maida Vale | 1906 | 40 | 3 | 7.5 | Lancaster Gate,East | 1906 | 14 | - | - | |
| 1905 | 185 | 5 | 2.7 | 1905 | 65 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
| 1906 | 0.15 | 1904 | 69 | 6 | 8.7 | 1906 — | 1904 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Mean | 0.19 | 1903 | 113 | 2 | 1.7 | Mean 0.04 | 1903 | 11 | - | - |
| Westbourne | l906 | 136 | 4 | 2.2 | Hyde Park | 1906 | 28 | - | - | |
| 1905 | 187 | 7 | 3.7 | 1905 | 111 | 2 | 1.8 | |||
| 1906 | 0.16 | 1904 | 79 | 1 | 1.2 | 1906 — | 1904 | 19 | - | |
| Mean | 1903 | 221 | 9 | 4.0 | Mean 0.13 | 1903 | 18 | 1 | 5.5 | |
| C.—Cases. D.—Deaths F.—Fatality per 100 Cases. | ||||||||||
Mean mortality 1001-05.
The average number of cases per house was 1.8 in 1903 and 1904, decreased to 1.7 in
1905 but was again 1.8 last year. The percentage of secondary cases has varied very
slightly having been 44.0 in 1903, 47T in 1904, 44.1 in 1905, and 44.4 last year.
The house distribution of multiple cases is given below.
| 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses with 2 cases each | 100 | 257 | 166 | 141 |
| „ 3 „ | 48 | 143 | 59 | 60 |
| „ 4 „ | 15 | 43 | 25 | 30 |
| „ 5 „ | 4 | 16 | 5 | 10 |
| „ 6 „ | — | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| „ 7 „ | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| „ 8 „ | — | — | — | 2 |
Sixteen (16) deaths were recorded from the disease during the past year, 10 of males and
6 of females. The fatalitv of the disease calculated on the number of known cases, not the