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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WHOOPING COUGH.
The distribution of the reported cases among the Wards is given below.
| C. | D. | F. | C. | D. | F. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park | 1906 | 31 | 1 | 3.2 | Church | 1906 | 96 | 4 | 7.1 | ||
| Mortality— | 1905 | 126 | 10 | 7.1 | Mortality— | 1905 | 99 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| 1906 | 0.06 | 1904 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1906 | 0.14 | 1904 | 65 | 3 | 4.6 |
| Mean | 0.40 | 1903 | 134 | 11 | 8.2 | Mean | 0.23 | 1903 | 56 | 9 | 16.0 |
| Harrow Road | 906 | 27 | 3 | 11.1 | LancasterGate,West | 1906 | - | - | - | ||
| Mortality— | 1905 | 165 | 12 | 7.2 | Mortality— | 1905 | - | 1* | ? | ||
| 1906 | 0.10 | 1904 | 58 | 3 | 5.1 | 1906 — | 1904 | 7 | - | — | |
| Mean | 0.36 | 1903 | 147 | 14 | 9.5 | Mean | 0.04 | 1903 | 1 | 1 | ? |
| Maida Vale | 1906 | 22 | 1 | 4.5 | Lancaster Gate,East | 1906 | - | - | — | ||
| Mortality— | 1905 | 48 | 8 | 16.6 | Mortality— | 1905 | 17 | - | - | ||
| 1906 | 0.05 | 1904 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1906 | - | 1904 | 4 | 1 | ? |
| Mean | 0.19 | 1903 | 57 | 5 | 8.7 | Mean | 0.12 | 1903 | 7 | 2 | ? |
| West bourne | 1906 | 17 | 2 | 11.8 | Hvde Park | 1906 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | ||
| Mortality— | 1905 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 | Mortal ity— | 1905 | 46 | 6 | 13.0 | ||
| 1906 | 0.08 | 1904 | 45 | 6 | 13.3 | 1906 | 0.14 | 1904 | 5 | - | - |
| Mean | 0.29 | 1903 | 121 | 10 | 8.2 | Mean | 0.12 | 1903 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 |
c.—Cases, d.—Deaths, f.—Fatality.
Mean Mortality, 1901-05.
*A death occurred in this Ward, but the case was not reported during life.
The cases averaged 1.9 per house, as compared with 1.6 in 1905, 1.8 in 1904, and 2.0 in 1903. I he distribution of multiple cases is sufficiently indicated below.
| 1906. | 1905. | 1904. | 1903. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses with 2 cases each | 31 | 93 | 29 | 71 |
| „ 3 „ | 17 | 44 | 12 | 44 |
| „ 4 „ | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 |
| „ 5 „ | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| „ 6 „ | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| „ 7 „ | - | 1 | - | 1 |
TABLE 18.
| Measles. | Whooping Cough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Rate. | Fully Corrected Rate. 1 | Standard Rate. | Fully Corrected Rate. | |||
| 1906. | Mean, 1901-05. | 1900. | Mean 1901-05. | |||
| Paddington | 0.43 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.10 | 0.32 |
| London | 0.58 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.34 |
| Kensington | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.39 |
| Westminster | 0.36 | 0.14 . | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.28 |
| Marylebone | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.10 | 0.31 |
| Hampstead | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
| Willesden | 0.66 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.15 | 0.31 |
There were 13 deaths during the year, as compared with 50 in 1905. The. deaths
comprised 7 of males and 6 of females (Table 19), and were equal to a fatality of 7*0 per cent,
of the known cases. That rate is certainly too high, but shows an improvement on the rates
of the previous three years. (See below.)
Males. Females. Persons.
1906 8.3 6.9 7.6
1905 9.6 10.2 9.9
1904 8.0 8.3 8.1
1903 9.0 9.4 9.2