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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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MEASLES.
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Measles.
Fatality at all ages, per cent. of cases.
| 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 5.2 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Females | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Persons | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Moreover, the fatality differs very greatly with the age of the patient, being very high at
the youngest ages (Table 20). The figures in the table referred to show that the greatest toll
on life falls on children aged under 2 years, although the largest numbers of cases occur at
ages above 4 years. The latter fact is doubtless due to the greater facilities for the spread of
the disease afforded by school attendance.
TABLE 20. 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 | 23 | 33 | 92 | 84 | 76 | 76 | 87 | 83 | 101 | 126 | 213 | 260 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| Fatality per 100 known cases— | ||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 1.1 | - | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.04 | 1.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The fatality differs greatly in the various Wards, and ranged last year from 5.2 per cent.
in Westbourne to zero in the Lancaster Gate Wards. The mean fatalities for the five years
ranged from a maximum of 4.8 in Church Ward to a minimum of 0.6 in Lancaster Gate, West, Ward.
The mean fatalities of the three northern Wards of the old parish, viz., Harrow Road, Maida Vale, and Westbourne, are curiously equal.
| C. | D. | F. | C. | D. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park Ward Mean Fatality 2.7 | 1907 | 184 | 2 | 1.0 | Church Ward Mean Fatality 4.8 | 1907 | 374 | 15 | 4.0 |
| 1906 | 134 | 1 | 0.7 | 1906 | 72 | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 1905 | 244 | 3 | 1.2 | 1905 | 434 | 25 | 5.7 | ||
| 1904 | 288 | 15 | 5.2 | 1904 | 129 | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1903 | 50 | 4 | 8.0 | 1903 | 321 | 15 | 4.6 | ||
| Harrow Road Ward Mean Fatality 3.7 | 1907 | 332 | 8 | 2.4 | Lancaster Gate, West, Ward Mean Fatality 0.6 | 1907 | 16 | - | - |
| 1906 | 127 | 4 | 3.1 | 1906 | 41 | - | - | ||
| 1905 | 461 | 20 | 4.3 | 1905 | 27 | - | - | ||
| 1904 | 231 | 10 | 4.3 | 1904 | 54 | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1903 | 185 | 8 | 4.3 | 1903 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Maida Vale Ward Mean Fatality 3.4 | 1907 | 203 | 5 | 1.4 | Lancaster Gate, East, Ward Mean Fatality 1.5 | 1907 | 9 | - | - |
| 1906 | 40 | 3 | 7.5 | 1906 | 14 | - | - | ||
| 1905 | 185 | 5 | 2.7 | 1905 | 65 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1904 | 69 | 6 | 8.7 | 1904 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1903 | 113 | 2 | 1.7 | 1903 | 11 | - | - | ||
| Westbourne Ward Mean Fatality 3.6 | 1907 | 133 | 7 | 5.2 | Hyde Park Ward Mean Fatality 2.3 | 1907 | 33 | 3 | 9.0 |
| 1906 | 136 | 4 | 2.2 | 1906 | 28 | - | - | ||
| 1905 | 187 | 7 | 3.7 | 1905 | 111 | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1904 | 79 | 1 | 1.2 | 1904 | 19 | - | - | ||
| 1903 | 221 | 9 | 4.0 | 1903 | 18 | 1 | 5.5 |
C.—Cases. D.—Deaths. F.—Fatality per cent. of Cases.
Mean Fatality—for five years, 1903.07.