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Paddington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
TABLE 33.
| Notified Diseases. | Non-notified Diseases. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | |||||
| P.A. | P.N.A. | N.R. | P.A. | P.N.A. | N.R. | ||||
| Provided— | |||||||||
| Amberley Road | 17 | 3 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 51 | 8 | 4 |
| Beethoven Street | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 34 | 10 | 35 |
| Campbell Street | 10 | 3 | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | 35 | 5 | 7 |
| Droop Street | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ... | 54 | 42 | 32 |
| Essendine Road | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 11 | 43 |
| Harrow Road | 26 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 72 | 64 |
| Kilburn Lane | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| Royal Oak | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | ... | 4 |
| Non-Provided— | |||||||||
| Bayswater Jewish | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 1 | ... |
| Desborough Street (R.C.) | 8 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38 | 13 | 5 |
| Holy Trinity | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Augustine | 3 | 2 | 16 | 2 | ... | 6 | 16 | ... | ... |
| St. James | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 11 | ... |
| St. John, Kilburn Lane | 5 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... |
| St. John, Titchborne Street | 13 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
| St. Luke | 4 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | 27 |
| St. Mary | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| St. Mary of the Angels (R.C.) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 |
| St. Mary Magdalene | 10 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... |
| St. Matthew | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| St. Michael | 9 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 19 | 1 | 10 |
| St. Paul | 8 | 7 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 36 | 1 | 13 |
| St. Peter | 16 | 3 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 18 | 3 | 18 |
| St. Saviour | 9 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 52 | 5 | 17 |
| St. Stephen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Wilberforce | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 41 | 10 | 6 |
| Others— | |||||||||
| St. Hilda | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
| Westbourne | 9 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Woodfield | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
P.A.— Patient a scholar of the school. P.N.A.— Patient not a scholar.
N.R.— Patient resident beyond Borough: not known whether scholar or not.
Bacteriological Examinations.— The number of specimens received during the past year
was 135, showing increases of 8 and 74 in comparison with the numbers for 1906 and 1905.
Of last year's specimens, 57 gave positive, and 78 negative results. The percentage of
positive results was 42.2 as compared with 32.2 in the previous year. The analysis of
specimens given below shows that very little use is made of the facilities afforded for the
examination of sputum in suspected cases of consumption. The early detection of the
bacillus of tuberculosis affords material help not only in diagnosing the disease, but also in
deciding the important question as to the regime to be laid down for the patient's guidance.