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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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tuberculosis. 45
treatment had been granted and of those who had to wait for vacancies in hospitals or
sanatoria. Of the 13 patients who were to go to sanatoria only 5 were known to have been
admitted before the end of the year, and one of the 4 who were to go to hospital.
TABLE 25. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Summary of Weekly Analysis of Certificates received. 1912.
| Quarters. | Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | |||||||||
| Total Certificates received | 450 | 323 | 242 | 347 | 1,362 | |||||||
| „ New Cases certified | 309 | 194 | 135 | 200 | 838† | |||||||
| Total Numbers * of Certificates received under Order No. | District Medical Officers | 42 (26) | 31 (26) | 23 (19) | 45 (23) | 141 (94) | ||||||
| I. | Medical Superintendent- | |||||||||||
| Admissions | 30 (24) | 26 (21) | 36 (27) | 31 (23) | 123 (95) | |||||||
| Discharges | 7 (6) | 15 (12) | 14 (13) | 15 (14) | 51 (45) | |||||||
| Relieving Officers | - | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | - | 5 (5) | |||||||
| II. | Hospitals and Institutions | 208 (68) | 168 (61) | 117 (40) | 170 (69) | 663 (238) | ||||||
| III. | Private Practitioners | 157 (17) | 75 (5) | 50 (6) | 82 (17) | 364 (45) | ||||||
| Other Medical Sources | 6 (-) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 15(2) | ||||||||
| Allocation of New Cases. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Queen's Park | 23 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 60 | ||
| Harrow Road | 33 | 39 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 89 | 101 | ||
| Maida Vale | 19 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 47 | ||
| Westbourne | 22 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 69 | 104 | ||
| Church | 30 | 40 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 44 | 78 | 137 | ||
| Lancaster Gate, West | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| „ „ East | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Hyde Park | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Common Lodging Houses | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| No fixed homes | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | ||
*The numbers of certificates relating to cases previously reported are shown in parentheses,
† This figure includes 57 cases previously on register as " Suspects."
OTHER TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.
The deaths from the "Other Tuberculous Diseases" (see tabular statement, page 36)
numbered 46 last year, or 3 less than in 1911. The mortality was at the rate of 0 32 per 1,000
persons, as compared with 0 34 in 1911 and an average of 0 33 during 1907.11. The minimum