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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WHOOPING COUGH.
same as the true fatality, has declined during the past three years. The fatalities for the two>
sexes show irregular movements and permit of no deductions. (See below).
Fatality at all ages, per 100 cases.
Males. Females. Persons.
1906 3.4 2.0 2.7
1905 2.9 4.2 3.6
1904 5.2 3.5 4.3
1903 5.2 3.1 4.1
The numbers of cases and deaths together with the corresponding fatalities at the
several ages, for each sex, are given in Table 17. The mortality was 0.10 last year, calculated
on the total population, as compared with a mean rate of 0.31 for the five years 1901-5.
The highest mortality last year in any Ward was that of Westbourne (0.16, mean 0.20). In
comparison with the rates prevailing in the adjacent districts (Table 10) the local rate 0*10
was lower than all except that of Westminster (0.09). After correction for sex-age composition
of the different populations the local rate 0.12 becomes the lowest of the whole
series (Table 18) the highest being that of Kensington (0.54).
TABLE 17.
Measles.
| Ages. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Cases | 17 | 14 | 36 | 39 | 27 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 66 | 50 | 104 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Deaths | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ——— | — | - | ||||||||
| Fatality per 100 cases known— 1906 | 17.6 | 7.1 | 19.4 | 10.2 | - | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1905 | 13.5 | 16.9 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 5.8 | 2.6 | - | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 1904 | 26.9 | 20.9 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | - | 5.5 | ||
| 1903 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 7.6 | 14.7 | 9.6 | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
WHOOPING COUGH.
The collection of information with regard to this disease is on the same basis as that
of measles, but the results do not possess the same value, as it is believed that the cases
are not reported so completely. During the past year 171 cases were reported, as compared
with 540 in 1905. The totals reported in each quarter, and the corrected totals for each
year are given below.
Year.
Quarters 1. 2. 3. 4. Uncorrected. Corrected.
1900 57 65 26 26 174 171
1905 241 255 38 36 570 540
1904 23 27 45 98 193 196
1903 281 35 11 2 339 533