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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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30
WHOOPING COUGH.
There the rate is manifestly misleading.
| C. | D. | F. | C. | D. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's ParkMean Fatality 8.0 | 1907 | 112 | 9 | 8.0 | Church Mean Fatality 7.9 | 1907 | 75 | 7 | 4.0 |
| 1906 | 31 | 1 | 3.2 | 1906 | 96 | 4 | 7.1 | ||
| 1905 | 126 | 10 | 7.1 | 1905 | 99 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| 1904 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1904 | 65 | 3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1903 | 134 | 11 | 8.2 | 1903 | 56 | 9 | 16.0 | ||
| Harrow Road Mean Fatality 7.7 | 1907 | 224 | 17 | 7.5 | Lancaster Gate, West Mean Fatality 14.3 (?) | 1907 | 13 | 1 | 7.6 |
| 1906 | 27 | 3 | 11.1 | 1906 | — | — | — | ||
| 1905 | 165 | 12 | 7.2 | 1905 | — | 1 | ? | ||
| 1904 | 58 | 3 | 5.1 | 1904 | 7 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | 147 | 14 | 9.5 | 1903 | 1 | 1 | ? | ||
| Maida Vale Mean Fatality 11.2 | 1907 | 65 | 7 | 10.7 | Lancaster Gate, East Mean Fatality 10.3 | 1907 | 1 | — | — |
| 1906 | 22 | 1 | 4.5 | 1906 | — | — | — | ||
| 1905 | 48 | 8 | 16.6 | 1905 | 17 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1904 | 4 | 1 | ? | ||
| 1903 | 57 | 5 | 8.7 | 1903 | 7 | 2 | ? | ||
| Westbourne Mean Fatality 10.7 | 1907 | 76 | 9 | 11.8 | Hyde Park Mean Fatality 8.8 | 1907 | 23 | — | — |
| 1906 | 17 | 2 | 11.8 | 1906 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | ||
| 1905 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 | 1905 | 46 | 6 | 13.0 | ||
| 1904 | 45 | 6 | 13.3 | 1904 | 5 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | 121 | 10 | 8.2 | 1903 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 |
C.—Cases, D.—Deaths, F.—Fatality per cent, of Cases.
Mean Fatality—for the five years, 1903-07.
The sex-age fatality is given (for what it is worth) in Table 22. The fluctuations are too
great and too erratic to allow any deductions to be made at present.
TABLE 22.
Whooping Cough.
| Ages. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | l— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 13— | 15— | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Cases | 25 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 27 | 37 | 33 | 36 | 62 | 98 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 2 | l |
| - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Fatality per 100 known cases— | ||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 36.0 | 36.6 | 29.4 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | - | 1.6 | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1906 | 18.1 | 9.0 | 28.5 | 40.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1905 | 44.4 | 46.1 | 15.1 | 42.8 | 13.3 | 5.1 | 6.2 | - | - | 1.7 | - | 2.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 1904 | 8.3 | - | 21.0 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1903 | 60.0 | - | 24.1 | 39.3 | 10.3 | 15.0 | - | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50.0 |
The mortality last year was at the rate of 0.33 per 1,000 persons, as compared with 0.09
in the previous year and means of 0.20 and 0.38 for the quinquennia 1902-06 and 1892-96
respectivelv. The rates in all Wards, except Lancaster Gate, East, were above the means.
(See below).
Mortality from Whooping Cough.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate. | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1907 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.11 | - | 0.21 |
| 1902-06 | ||||||||
*Means, 1892-96, 0.77