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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 60. Registered Streets : Morbidity and Mortality Statistics.
| Disease. | Registered Streets. | Rest of the Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1913. | 1912. | 1913. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 2.51 | 2.40 | 1.63 | 1.95 |
| Erysipelas | 136 | 1.14 | 0.74 | 0.71 |
| Scarlet Fever... | 3.02 | 5.08 | 1.75 | 3.07 |
| Enteric (and Continued) Fever | 0.05 | 0.52 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| All Diseases ... | 7.97 | 9.61 | 4.54 | 6.06 |
| Mortality*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.85 | 1.77 | 0.13 | 0.19 |
| Scarlet Fever... | — | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.11 | 0.78 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Diphtheria | — | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | 1.53 | 2.46 | 0.21 | 0.26 |
| Erysipelas | 005 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Phthisis) | 2.16 | 1.99 | 0.63 | 0.93 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1.19 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
| Alcoholism | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| 1.59 | 1.56 | 1.18 | 1.23 | |
| Premature Birth | 0.85 | 0.67 | 0.34 | 0.38 |
| Developmental Diseases | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
| Bronchitis | 3.13 | 2.46 | 1.07 | 1.07 |
| Pneumonia | 2.22 | 2.62 | 0.76 | 0.83 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Suicides | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| Other Causes | 8.43 | 9.02 | 5.52 | 8.38 |
| All Causes | 23.59 | 25.51 | 10.87 | 11.82 |
TABLE 61.
| "Clarendon Street Area." | Rest of Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912. | 1913. | 1912. | 1913. | |||
| Morbidity*— | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 2.44 | 5.51 | 1.71 | 1.86 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1.62 | 2.11 | 0.78 | 0.71 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.79 | 5.67 | 1.91 | 3.16 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.10 | 0.16 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | 0.08 | 0.07 | |
| Mortality*—All Causes— | ||||||
| All ages | 26.52 | 30.82 | 11.80 | 12.87 | ||
| 0—10 years | 30.22 | 45.18 | ||||
| 10– „ | 24.50 | 23.40 | ||||
| Institution Deaths | 60.1 | 60.5 | 42.6 | 37.7 | ||
* Rates per 1,000 persons.