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Paddington 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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OTHER DISEASES.
that Borough ot \Y estminster and Marylebone being the only three below the means. 1 he
greatest increase was in Willesden, from a mean of 0*82 to 0*9(3.
The "corrected" rates are given in Table 20, and show the mortality in a somewhat
different light. Thus in the Borough last year's mortality was in excess of the "standard" in
Harrow Road, Maida Vale, and Church Wards, and in the Metropolis as a whole, Hampstead
and Willesden.
Below the age of 25 years three deaths from "cancer" have occurred in each of the past six years, so that the mortality at those ages may be ignored. At ages above 25, grouped in ten yearly intervals, the rates have been as set out below:—
| 25— | 35— | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75— | 85- | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1906 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 2.57 | 3.05 | 2.01 | 5.16 | 7.83 | 6.26 | 18.21 | 8.58 | - | 20.83 |
| Mean, 1901-05 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.95 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 5.05 | 4.93 | 6.17 | 6.31 | 10.03 | 10.01 | 7.16 | 8.39 |
The sites of the various forms of growth and the ages of the deceased are given in
Table 21, which is a modification of the table usually included in these reports.
OTHER DISEASES.
The changes in the mortality rates from the remaining diseases which have been specially
mentioned in previous reports are set out in Table 22. The only rate showing an increase
in the Borough as a whole, is that from "cirrhosis of the liver" (0.17 last year, mean 0*15).
Increased mortalitv from epidemic influenza was recorded in five of the eight Wards, the
greatest being in Hyde Park Ward (0*36 last year, mean 0*23). The mortality from the
"respiratory diseases"—all forms of bronchitis and pneumonia—was less than the mean in six
Wards, some of the reductions being considerable. In Church and Hyde Park Wards, where
increased mortalities were registered, the change was in each case only slight.
TABLE 22.
| Epidemic Influenza. | Respiratory Diseases. | Alcoholism. | Cirrhosis of Liver. | Suicides. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906. | Mean. 1901-5. | 1906. | Mean. 1901-5. | 1906. | Mean. 1901-5. | ] 906. | Mean. 1901-5 | 1906. | Mean. 1901-5. | ||
| Paddington | 0.23 | 1.81 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.09 | ||||||
| Wards. | Queen's Park | 0.06 | 1.38 | 2.49 | ... | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.11 | |
| Harrow Road | 0.14 | 1.43 | 2.54 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Maida Vale | 0.30 | 1.82 | 1.99 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.02 | ||
| Westbourne | 0.16 | 1.86 | 2.50 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.12 | ||
| Church | 0.36 | 3.25 | 3.21 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.18 | ... | 0.11 | ||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 0.24 | 0.71 | 1.26 | ... | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | ||
| Lancaster Gate, East | 0.38 | 0.38 | 1.24 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.17 | ... | 0.14 | ||
| Hyde Park | 0.36 | 1.58 | 1.53 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.12 | ||
To guage the total mortality from alcohol, the deaths from "alcoholism"—including
those from the acute form (delirium tremens) and the chronic—and from " cirrhosis of the
liver, are combined. The total for last year was 37 (12 from "alcoholism" and 25 from