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Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING.
TABLE 50.
Clarendon Street Area. Vital Statistics.
| " Clarendon Street Area." | Rest of Borough. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911. | 1910. | 1911. | 1910. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Diphtheria | 2.00 | 1.ll | 1.10 | 0.78 |
| Erysipelas | 1.07 | 0.95 | 0.80 | 0.68 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.54 | 3.83 | 1.58 | 0.71 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.77 | 1.27 | 0.25 | 0.23 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Mortality—All Causes— | ||||
| All ages* | 24.96. | 27.65 | 12.96 | 11.88 |
| 0—10 years | 39.18 | 40.44 | ? | ? |
| 10- | 17.69 | 21.39 | ? | ? |
| Infantile Mortality† | 176 | 122 | 125 | 95 |
| Institution Deaths‡ | 61.1 | 54.3 | 33.5 | 33.1 |
*Rates per 1,000 persons. †Per 1,000 births, fully corrected. ‡Per 100 deaths.
this part of the report are inserted (see Table 50). Below are the actual number of deaths from
certain diseases recorded during the last three years. The population of the area is so nearly
stationary that numbers are almost as instructive as mortality rates.
Clarendon Street Area.
Deaths from— 1909. 1910. 1911.
Measles 12 24 19
Whooping Cough 8 0 5
Diarrhœal Diseases 14 5 21
Tuberculous Diseases 21 16 21
Bronchitis, Pneumonia 47 38 27
The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis (consumption) included among " tuberculous
diseases " in above statement, numbered 12, 10 and 15 in the successive years (1909-11).
The infantile mortality was 176 per 1.000 births belonging to the area last year, as compared
with 122 in 1910, 220 in 1909, and 173 in 1908. The proportions (percentages) of deaths
of residents in the area in public institutions during the past four years are given below.
1908. 1909. 1910. 1911.
Clarendon Street Area 63.1 48.1 54.3 61.1
Rest of the Borough 32.3 31.7 33.1 33.5
Common Lodging-houses.
The number of houses licensed last year remained unchanged at 7, 6 being for men (195
beds) and 1 for women (40 beds). One case of infectious illness was reported last year
(erysipelas, m. 36). The deaths among the lodgers numbered 12 (12 in 1910), the causes being
returned as—
Cancer 1 Phthisis 5
Respiratory Diseases 3 Old Age 1
Nephritis 2
Inhabited House Duty.
Four applications were received for certificates under the Revenue Act, 1903, to obtain
abatement or remission of the duty, and five certificates relating to 46 tenements and a
common lodging-house were issued.