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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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30 MEASLES.
TABLE 18. Puerperal Fever: Mortality in Childbed.*
| London. | Paddington. | Kensington | Westminster. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1097-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | |
| Puerperal Fever— | ||||||||||||
| Morbidity | 2.68 | 2.30 | 2.48 | 2.08 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 2.84 | 2.09 | ||||
| Fatality † | 46.86 | 56.44 | 28.71 | 38.71 | 57.12 | 51.35 | 100 | 57.69 | ||||
| Mortality * | 1.25 | 1.30 | 0.71 | 0.80 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 1.89 | 1.20 | ||||
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition— | ||||||||||||
| Mortality * | 1.34 | 1.42 | 1.06 | 3.03 | 2.30 | 2.26 | 1.89 | 2.33 | ||||
| Total Mortality in Children* | 2.60 | 2.73 | 1.77 | 3.84 | 3.61 | 3.46 | 3.79 | 3.55 | ||||
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| St. Marylebone. | Hampstead. | Willesden. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | |
| Puerperal Fever— | |||||||||
| Morbidity* | 1.68 | 2.06 | 2.45 | 5.01 | 3.42 | 4.14 | 2.80 | ||
| Fatality † | — | 50 | 66.66 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 48.21 | ||
| Mortality* | — | 1.03 | 1.63 | 2.50 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 1.35 | ||
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition— | |||||||||
| Mortality* | 2.94 | 3.01 | 3.26 | 2.50 | 2.95 | 2.58 | 2.55 | ||
| Total Mortality in Childbed * | 2.94 | 4.04 | 4.89 | 5.01 | 4.66 | 4.65 | 3.91 | ||
* Rates per 1,000 births. † Per 100 cases reported.
MEASLES.
The cases of measles coming to the knowledge of the Department during the year
numbered 1,368, according to the weekly tabulation, but after correction at the end of the year
the number was increased to 1,374 (males 656, females 718), that total not including 24 cases of
German measles provisionally included under measles in the weekly returns. The numbers of
cases heard of—the disease is not notified—in each of the six years (1907-12) are set out below.
There can be little doubt that some part of the increase in numbers known during the last three
years has been due to more careful reporting by the staffs of the public elementary schools, the
principal source of information, and to the public applying in increasing numbers for
disinfection after the occurrence of the disease, the existence of which would be unknown to
the Department but for such applications.
Quarters 1. 2. 3. 4. Year.
Uncorrected. Corrected.
1907 100 303 276 548 1,236 1,284
1908 413 301 32 74 820 779
1909 133 366 76 127 702 709
1910 571 1,066 72 389 2,098 2,085
1911 659 424 91 135 1,309 1,281
1912 326 423 181 438 1,368 1,374