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Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WHOOPING COUGH.
TABLE 21.
Whooping Cough. Fatalities in Wards.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1911. | ||||||||
| Cases | 113 | 152 | 48 | 90 | 155 | 38 | 3 | 33 |
| Deaths | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 | — | — | 4 |
| Fatality. | ||||||||
| 1911 | 97 | 10.4 | — | — | 12.1 | |||
| Average, 1906-10 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 3.5 | — | 4.3 |
TABLE 22.
Whooping Cough. Age-Sex-Fatalities.
| Age (Years) | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 13- | 15- | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F-. |
| 1911-Cases | 31 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 36 | 30 | 42 | 52 | 48 | 116 | 123 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| -atality. 1911 | 32.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| 1910 | 37.0 | 19.4 | 43.4 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | - | - | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | - | - | - | ||
| 1909 | 26.9, | 25.0 | 25.0 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 3.5 | - | 133 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | - | - | - | _ |
| 1908 | 28.5 | 42.8 | 30.0 | - | 10.0 | - | 16.6 | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1907 | 36.0 | 36.6 | 29.4 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | - | 1.6 | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1906 | 18.1 | 9.0 | 28.5 | 40.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Averase- | ||||||||||||||||
| 1906.10 | 29.2 | 25.6 | 31.3 | 15.9 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | - | - | - | - |
The 45 deaths recorded last year were equal to a mortality of 0-31 per 1,000 persons of all
ages, the average for 1906-10 having been 0.19. The deaths and mortalities rates recorded in
each of the last six years are given below, the rates for the Metropolis being added for
the purpose of comparing the annual variations in mortality in the Borough with those
observed in the County as a whole. The figures for the circumjacent Districts are given in
Table 10
1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.
Paddington—
Deaths 13 50 11 36 35 45
Mortality 0.09 0.34 0.07 0.25 0.24 0.31
London—
Mortality 0.27 0.39 0.21 0.27 0.30 0.22
Towards the end of 1910 the Local Government Board sanctioned the admission of Poor
Law patients ill with measles and whooping cough to the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board. By that arrangement only persons receiving treatment in the Workhouse or Infirmary
or under the care of the District Medical Officers could be sent to the Board's hospitals. By an
Order dated May 30th of last year the Local Government Board sanctioned the reception of nonpauper
patients ill with measles when admission was specially recommended by the Medical