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Paddington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING.
TABLE 42.
| Registered Streets. | Rest of Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908. | 1907. | 1908. | 1907. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1.36 | 1.67 | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| Erysipelas | 1.68 | 1-18 | 0-53 | 0.77 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9.33 | 5-30 | 3-74 | 3-67 |
| Enteric (and Continued) Fever | 0.21 | 0-48 | 0-20 | 0-19 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | 0-03 | 0-04 |
| All Diseases | 12.58 | 8.65 | 5.44 | 5.67 |
| Mortality*— | ||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0.63 | 0.97 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.33 |
| Diphtheria | 0.15 | 0.48 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.06 | - | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 1.25 | 0.91 | 0.26 | 0.21 |
| Erysipelas | - | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Phthisis | 2.10 | 2.54 | 0.80 | 0.83 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 0.63 | 1.40 | 0.21 | 0.27 |
| Alcoholism | - | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| 1.52 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.19 | |
| Premature Birth | 0.63 | 1.02 | 0.31 | 0.40 |
| Developmental Diseases | 1.57 | 1.08 | 0.46 | 0.35 |
| Bronchitis | 2.57 | 2.65 | 0.94 | 0.97 |
| Pneumonia | 1.94 | 2.00 | 0.83 | 0.99 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.19 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Suicides | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Other Causes | 9.53 | 8.92 | 4.90 | 5.56 |
| All Causes | 23.55 | 24.49 | 10.78 | 11.91 |
* Rates per 1,000 persons.
There was a decreased mortality rate in the "Registered Street" (from 24.49 to 23.55,
fall of 3.9 per cent.), but the ratio of the rates for the two years to those of the "Rest of the
Borough" remained practically unchanged, the former rates being in each year a little more than
twice the latter. (Actual ratios: 1907, 2.0: 1; 1908, 21: 1). Higher mortality rates were
recorded last year in the "Registered Streets" from diarrhœal diseases, cancer, developmental
diseases, accidents, etc., of parturition, and other causes. The principal decreases
were recorded from the infectious diseases, including phthisis and the respiratory diseases.
The decreased mortality from scarlet fever, although slight, is the more satisfactory having
regard to the great increase in morbidity.
The infantile mortality in the "Streets" was 148 per 1,000 births, while that in the
" Rest" was 91.
Clarendon Street Area.—From a comparison of the results of the enumeration made last
year with the records of the Special Inquiry of 1901, it would appear that some improvement
in the sanitary condition of the Area has been effected. The tendency to occupy smaller
tenements is markedly shown in the "Area," where 835 one-room tenements were found last
year as compared with 662 in 1901, the number of occupants of such rooms being 1,973 in