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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
TABLE 54.
| Places Provided. | Notified Diseases. | Non-notified Diseases. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Chickenpox. | Whooping Cough. | ||||||
| p. a. | p.n.a. | p. a. | p.n.a. | p.a. | p.n.a. | p.a. | p.n.a. | p.a. | p.n.a. | |
| Provided— | ||||||||||
| Amberley Road 1,610 | 12 | 4(1) | 7 | 4 | 96 | 96 | 48 | 23 | 33 | 52 |
| Beethoven Street 1,161 | 20 (1) | 5 (2) | 1 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 34 | 22 |
| Campbell Street 972 | 14 (2) | 5 (1) | 5 | — | 19 (2) | 24 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Droop Street 1,100 | 7 | 3(1) | 13 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 55 | 27 | 15 | 23 |
| Essendine Road *1,821 | 21 (1) | 10 (2) | 13 | 6 (l) | 30 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 63 | 30 |
| Harrow Road (Moberly) 1,586 | 28 (2) | 4 (1) | 4 | 4 (2) | 17 | 27 (1) | 33 | 7 | 22 | 27 (3) |
| Kilburn Lane 1,323 | 30 (11) | 7 (4) | 4 (2) | 2(1) | 75 (29) | 43 (3) | 11 (5) | 1 | 24 (5) | 19 |
| Royal Oak (Temporary) 270 | 2 | - | — | - | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals 9,843 Ratios per 1,000 | 134 (17) 13.6 | 38 (12) 3.8 | 47 (2) 4.7 | 25 (4) 2.5 | 285 (31) 28.9 | 289 (4) 29.3 | 239 (5) 24.2 | 109 11.0 | 194 (5) 19.7 | 178 (3) 180 |
| Non-Provided— | ||||||||||
| Bayswater Jewish 396 | 4 (3) | 3(3) | — | — | 5 (1) | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | — |
| Desborough St. (R.C.) 523 | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | 27 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Holy Trinity 410 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| St. Augustine 1,171 | 26 (24) | 5 (3) | 7 (7) | 9(8) | 3 (2) | 8 (4) | 29 (22) | 10(10) | 25 (23) | 2(1) |
| St. James 332 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 42 | 12 | 28 | 13 |
| St. John, Kilburn Lane 190 | 1 | - | 3 (2) | 2(1) | 11 (2) | 6 | 2 (1) | — | 4 (2) | 1(1) |
| St. John, Titchborne St.474 | 1 | 1(1) | 1 | 2 | 13 (1) | 7 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| St. Luke 424 | 12 (2) | 4(2) | 3 (1) | — | 1 | 8 (3) | 3 | — | 18 (3) | 10 (3) |
| St. Mary, Paddington Green 170 | _ | - | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | - | _ |
| St. MaryandSt. Michael (R.C.) 246 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 (2) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| St. Mary Magdalene 490 | 2 | — | 2 | 1(1) | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 |
| St. Matthew 410 | 10 | 6(1) | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | — | 8 | 9 |
| St. Michael, Star Street 460 | 2 | 1 | 3 (1) | 1 | 3 (1) | — | 20 | 11 | 3 (2) | — |
| St. Paul 405 | 4 | 2(1) | — | 2 | 5 | 19 | 6 | — | — | |
| St. Peter 545 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| St. Saviour 512 | 23 | 5 | 7 | — | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| St. Stephen 791 | 19 (4) | 7(2) | 9 (2) | 1(1) | 16 (2) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 (4) | 6 |
| Wilberforce 842 | 24 (5) | 11(2) | 9 (3) | 2 (2) | 29 (10) | 15 (1) | 24 (7) | 6 | 2 (1) | 6 |
| Totals 8,791 Ratios per 1,000 | 164 (38) 18.6 | 55 (15) 6.2 | 72 (16) 8.1 | 29 (13) 3.2 | 230 (19) 26.1 | 189 (8) 21.4 | 187 (32) 21.2 | 62(10) 70 | 144 (35) 163 | 80 (5) 91 |
| special | ||||||||||
| B'avingtonRoad(M.D.) 85 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kensal Ho. (Tuberculosis) 90 | 1 (1) | 2(2) | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Secondary— | 3 (1) | 2(2) | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Saltram Crescent | — | — | 1(1) | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Paddington and Maida Vale High | — | 1(1) | — | 1 | — | 5 (3) | - | — | — | - |
| — | 1(1) | 1(1) | 1 | — | 5 (3) | — | — | — | — | |
" p.a."—Patient attending school - "Scholars." " p.n.a."—Patient not attending school—"Contacts."
*Non-resident cases shown in parentheses are included in the figures preceding them.
* Including 176 in Physically Defective Department.
A good many other children were specially referred by the School Medical Officer to the
Medical Officer of Health from the schools mentioned and from others. None of the children
were allowed to resume attendance until certified free from any indications of infectious disease.
It is interesting to note that on several occasions the date of sickening (in certified cases of scarlet