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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 35
TABLE 21. Whooping Cough.
| Queens Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1912. | ||||||||
| Cases | 75 | 60 | 31 | 47 | 130 | 18 | 9 | 7 |
| Deaths | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Fatality. | ||||||||
| 1911 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | . | . | 12.1 |
| Average— | ||||||||
| 1907-11 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 1.7 | - | 5.6 |
TABLE 22. Whooping Cough.
| Deaths | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fatality | ||||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 32.2 | 26.1 | 14.2 | 13.5 | - | 2.7 | 3.3 | 11.9 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average— | ||||||||||||||||
| 1907-11 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | . | . | . | . |
TABLE 23. Mortality Rates.*
| Measles. | Whooping Cough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | 1912. | 1911. | 1907-11. | |
| Queens Park | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.68 | 0.32 | ||
| Harrow Road | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.37 | ||
| Maida Vale | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.25 | ||
| Westbourne | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.18 | ||
| Church | 1.08 | 0.82 | 0.32 | 0.36 | ||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 0.33 | 0.11 | — | 0.02 | ||
| Do. East | - | 0.05 | — | — | ||
| Hyde Park | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.31 | 0.09 | ||
* Per 1,000 estimated population.