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Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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measles.
hand, somewhat more fatal, especially among males. In 1910 the fatality was 3.6 per 100 cases
(both sexes), as compared with 3"8 last year. Among males the fatality was 4.4 last year, or
0-9 above the rate recorded in 1910. The rate among females was slightly lower (see below).
Doubtless the season at which the disease was prevalent accounts to a large extent for the
increased fatality, 1,048 cases being reported during the six months October to March, 1910-11,
as compared with 698 in the same six months of 1909-10.
Average
1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1906-10. 1911.
Males 3.4 3.3 5.3 5.3 3.5 4.2 4.4
Females 2.0 2.5 4.1 4.8 3.6 3.4 3.4
Persons 2.7 2.8 4.6 5.0 3.6 3.7 3.8
Some uncertainty attaches to the Ward distribution of attacks of the disease, the cases
being almost entirely known through the reports of the staffs of the public elementary schools.
TABLE 17.
Measles. Fatalities in Wards.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1911 | ||||||||
| Cases | 152 | 391 | 173 | 154 | 42 | 27 | 56 | |
| 5 | - | |||||||
| Fatality. | ||||||||
| 1911 | 13 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 7.1 | - | 1.7 | ||
| Average, 1906-10 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | |||
TABLE 18.
Measles. 1911.
| Cases. * | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droop Street | 1/1 | Parts of the "Clarendon Street Area." | Cirencester Street | 3/3 | ||
| Kensal Road | 1/1 | Clarendon S reet | ||||
| Desboro' Street | 1/1 | |||||
| Philip Terrace | 3/3 | |||||
| Chippenham Road | 1/1 | Westbourne Terrace N. | ||||
| Woodchester Street | ||||||
| Cuthbert Street | ||||||
| Delamere Crescent | ||||||
| Amberley Road | Edgware Road | |||||
| Braden Street | Hermitage Street | |||||
| Carlton Mews | North Wharf Road | |||||
| Westbury Road | ||||||
| Brindley Street | ||||||
| Burlington Mews West | Kensington Gardens Square | |||||
| Elcom Street | Poplar Squaie | |||||
| Kensal Road | Queen's Road | 1/1 | ||||
| Modena Street | ||||||
| Torquay Street | ||||||
| Waverley Road | ||||||
| York Row | ||||||
* Note.—Figures to be read thus—19 cases in 9 houses, and 1 death in 1 house.