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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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MORTALITY OF CHILDHOOD.
TABLE 29.
Mortality in Childhood. Per 1,000 survivors.
| Aged One Year. | Aged Two Years. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906. | 1907. | 1907. | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Queen's Park | 16.3 | 36.2 | 46.0 | 45.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
| Harrow Road | 16.4 | 30.6 | 30.3 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 20.1 |
| Maida Vale | 32.9 | 5.2 | 65.5 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 21.1 |
| Westbourne | 25.9 | 9.0 | 38.6 | 41.8 | 22.2 | 9.0 |
| Church | 47.3 | 45.0 | 60.7 | 44.2 | 12.4 | 30.3 |
| Lancaster Gate, West | - | - | 33.3 | - | - | - |
| „ East | 21.2 | - | 31.2 | - | 21.7 | - |
| Hyde Park | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 39.0 | 46.5 | 10.8 |
TABLE 30.
Mortality in Childhood. Causes of Death. Paddington.
| Age in Years | 1— | 2 - | 3- | 4— | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1900. | 1907. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1904. | 1905 | 1906. | 1907. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 31 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | l | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | l | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhœa | 10 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rickets | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tubercular Diseases | 16 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | l | 2 | 3 |
| Convulsions | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Respiratory Diseases | 30 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Dentition | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gastro- Enteritis | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Violence | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Other Causes | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - |
| All Causes | 123 | 117 | 87 | 109 | 75 | 108 | 45 | 38 | 37 | 25 | 49 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 18 |