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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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96 HOUSING.
TABLE 50*
| Predominant Weekly Rents (including rates). | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 Rooms. | ||||||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Paddington | 2 | 6 to | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 to | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 to | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 to | 10 | 6 | — | |||
| Kensington | 2 | 6 „ | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 „ | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 „ | 8 | 6 | — | - | ||||||
| Westminster | 3 | 6 „ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 „ | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 „ | 11 | 6 | — | — | ||||||
| St. Marylebone | 3 | 6 „ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 „ | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 „ | 11 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| Hampstead | — | 5 | 6 „ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 „ | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 to | 11 | 0 | — | ||||||
| Willesden— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Whole district | — | — | 7 | 0 „ | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 „ | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 to | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| South | — | 5 | 0 to | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 „ | 9 | 0 | — | — | |||||||||
| North | — | — | 7 | 0 „ | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 to | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 to | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| * Taken from Report [Cd. 3864] of Board of Trade, page 6. | ||||||||||||||||||||
During the five years 1896-1900 the total mortality (see below) in the area averaged 28.88
per 1,000 inhabitants, which rate had fallen to 2675 in the five years 1907-11. The greater part
of the decrease was noted among children aged 0-10 years, the mortality among them decreasing
from 46.87 to 41.55 (a fall of 113 per cent., as compared with one of 2 8 per cent. at ages over
10). The mortality from the diarrhoeal diseases decreased from 2.05 to 192 per 1,000 persons
of all ages, and generally lower rates were recorded in the second period from all the developmental
diseases, e.g., premature birth, convulsions, atrophy and debility, &c., &c. On the other
hand, the mortality from the tuberculous diseases, bronchitis and pneumonia, and the diseases
included among "other causes" (mostly adult diseases),showed very little change, and as regards
" other causes " a distinct increase.
1896—1900. 1907—1911.
Sickness: (Notifications). Totals. Rates. Totals. Rates.
Erysipelas 76 2.08 54 1.63
Diphtheria 68 1.86 53 l.60
Scarlet Fever 190 5.21 258 7.79
Enteric Fever 35 0.96 25 0.75
Puerperal Fever 2 0 05 — —
Deaths : (All Causes.)
All ages 1,052 28 88 886 26.75
0— 1 year 323 — 260 —
0—10 years 547 46 87 439 41.55
10 years and over 505 2040 447 19.83
0—1 year as percentage of 0—10 years — 59.4 — 59.2
(Selected causes.)
Measles 58 1.59 72 2.17
Scarlet Fever 8 0.21 11 0.33
Whooping Cough 34 0.93 18 0.54
Diphtheria19 0.52 4 0.12
Enteric Fever 6 0.16 1 0.03
Erysipelas 3 0.08 1 0.03
Diarrhœa 59 1.62 43 1.29
Enteritis 16 0.43 21 0.63
Tubercular Diseases 137 3.76 107 3.23
Premature Birth 33 0.90 28 0.84
Developmental Diseases 17 0.46 20 0.60
Convulsions 30 0.82 7 0.21
Teething 4 0.10 3 0.09
Atrophy and Debility 43 1.18 20 0.60
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 215 5.90 186 5.61