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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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HOUSING. 99
TABLE 53. Registered Streets : Morbidity and Mortality Statistics.
| Disease. | Registered Streets. | Rest of the Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1911. | 1912. | 1911. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 1.33 | 1.11 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1.44 | 0.73 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.88 | 1.54 | ||
| Enteric (and Continued) Fever | 0.27 | 0.25 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 0.05 | 0.04 | ||
| All Diseases | 5.21 | 3.91 | ||
| Mortality*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2.05 | 0.18 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 0.05 | 0.01 | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.77 | 0.24 | ||
| Diphtheria | — | 0.11 | 0.07 | |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 3.04 | 0.77 | ||
| Erysipelas | 0.16 | 0.02 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | — | 0.05 | 0.02 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Phthisis) | 2.49 | 0.94 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 0.94 | 0.25 | ||
| Alcoholism | 0.05 | 0.08 | ||
| 0.94 | 1.20 | |||
| Premature Birth | 0.49 | 0.27 | ||
| Developmental Diseases | 1.05 | 0.52 | ||
| Bronchitis | 2.16 | 0.92 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1.60 | 0.68 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 0.22 | 0.08 | ||
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 0.05 | 0.03 | ||
| Suicides | 0.05 | 0.08 | ||
| Other Causes | 8.26 | 5.46 | ||
| All Causes | 24.67 | 11.89 | ||
| * Rates per 1,000 persons. | ||||
as measles and diarrhoea. (See below.) Infantile mortality, however, remained at practically the
same level in the two years. The subjoined figures will serve to show how the more important
diseases fluctuate from year to year.
Deaths from— 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912.
Measles 12 24 19 5
Whooping Cough 8 — 5 1
Diarrhceal Diseases 14 5 21 16
Tuberculous Diseases—
Pulmonary 12 10 15 9
Other 9 6 6 10
Bronchitis, Pneumonia 47 38 27 41
Infantile Mortality 220 122 176 175