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Paddington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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SICKNESS. 7

Table: TABLE 5.Morbidity Rates.*Metropolis and Districts Circumjacent to the Borough.

TABLE 5.

Morbidity Rates.*

Metropolis and Districts Circumjacent to the Borough.

Paddington.London.Kensington.Westminster.Marylebone.Hampstead.Willesden.
1908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-71908Mean 1903-7
Smallpox-0-010.000.04-0.000.000.05-0.01-0.000-0.02
Diphtheria0.970.991.631.641.271.021.080.910.911.140.670.941.362.01
Erysipelas0.690.850.861.010.700.830.460.670.971.240.340.560.500.59
FeversScarlet4.423.164.513.892.432.153.502.273.172.802.962.764.763.59
Enteric0.200.270.270.370.220.260.230.280.260.370.260.260.250.28
Puerperal0.030.040.040.050.050.030.030.030.060.040.060.020.040.06
* Compiled from Quarterly Reports of the Registrar-General. Rates per 1.000 persons.

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Reverting to the figures for the Borough, it will be seen from Table 6 that the morbidity
rate for females of all ages from diphtheria (096) was higher in 1908 than the quinquennial
mean (0.91), and that the increased prevalence of scarlet fever was greater among males (5.07
compared with 3.36) than females (3.95 compared with 3.02). Ignoring membranons croup,
the sex-morbidity rates for all the other diseases during the past year were below the
respective means.

Table: TABLE 6. Notifications. Sex-Age Distribution.

TABLE 6. Notifications. Sex-Age Distribution.

Ages. (Years.)Smallpox.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Fevers.
Scarlet.Enteric.Continued.Puerperal.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.F.
0—.........4......13641............
1—......74......2...1711...1.........
2—......83......111113...............
3—......6111.........2828...............
4—......341......13633...............
5—......21321...117620131.........
13—.........4......11141012.........
15—......813......55242853......2
25—......410......3540221968...14
65—..................44.....................
All Ages.......57853149563343471615I6
Rates,*
19080.860.960.030.000.730.635.073.950.230.16...0.000.05
1903-070.020.011.010.910.020.000.880.833.363.020.280.260.000.000.08
0.00=a rate less than 0"01 per 1,000. * Per 1,000 of each sex at all ages.