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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DEATHS. 11
two below it. In the same two districts the differences between the standard and corrected
rates (4.32 and 5.76 respectively) were greater than in the Borough (3.95). Comparing last
year's corrected rates with the means for 1903.07 a reduction of 0.89 is noted in the Borough
rate, a smaller reduction (0.87) having been recorded in Westminster and an increase of 1.12
in Hampstead.
TABLE 10.
Mortality Rates.
Metropolis and Districts circumjacent to the Borough.
Period. | All Causes | Smallpox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever | Diar. rhœal Dis. | Phthisis. | Other Tub. Dis. | Cancer. | Infantile Mortality. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paddington | 1908 | 12.24 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.26 | 110 | ||
1903.07 | |||||||||||||
London | 1908 | 13.77 | ... | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 1.31 | 0.51 | 1.04 | 112 |
1903.07 | |||||||||||||
Kensington | 1908 | 12.89 | ... | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.97 | 0.42 | 0.99 | 126 |
1903.07 | |||||||||||||
Westminster | 1908 | 12.60 | ... | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 1.22 | 0.35 | 1.15 | 110 |
1903.07 | |||||||||||||
Marylebone | 1908 | 14.15 | ... | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.30 | 1.15 | 0.22 | 1.22 | 104 |
1903.07 | ... | ||||||||||||
Hampstead | 1908 | 10.57 | ... | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 81 |
1903.07 | ... | ||||||||||||
Willesden | 1908 | 10.47 | ... | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.76 | 0.20 | 0.76 | 98 |
1903.07 | |||||||||||||
Rates per 1,000 persons, except Infantile Mortality, per 1,000 births. |
TABLE 11. Corrected Mortality Rates.
Standard Rate. | Corrected Rate, 1908. | Excess ( + ) Defect ( —) | Mean Corrected Rate, 1903.07. | Increase (+) Decrease( —) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borough | 17.10 | 13.15 | —3.95 | —0.89 | |
Queen's Park | 16.43 | 14.92 | —1.51 | —0.30 | |
Harrow Road | 19.02 | 11.94 | —7.08 | —0.38 | |
Maida Vale | 16.62 | 13.22 | —3.40 | —1.33 | |
Westbourne | 18.96 | 12.56 | —6.40 | —0.02 | |
Church | 17.03 | 16.21 | —0.82 | _2.21 | |
Lancaster Gate, West | 15.01 | 9.02 | —5.99 | —0.24 | |
„ East | 14.76 | 8.09 | —6.67 | —1.95 | |
Hyde Park | 16.18 | 11.60 | —4.58 | —1.24 | |
London | 17.31 | 14.47 | —2.84 | —1.45 | |
Kensington | 17.05 | 13.65 | —3.40 | —1.18 | |
Westminster | 15.46 | 14.81 | —0.65 | —0.87 | |
Marylebone | 16.93 | 15.20 | —1.73 | —1.51 | |
Hampstead | 16.19 | 11.87 | —4.32 | + 1.12 | |
Willesden | 16.98 | 11.22 | —5.76 | —0.97 |