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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SICKNESS.
Morbidity Rates, 1913.
| Maximum | Minimum | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (per 1,000 persons, all ages). | ||||
| Diphtheria | Paddington | (2.09) | Kensington | (0.83) |
| Erysipelas | Paddington | (0.76) | Hampstead | (0.37) |
| Scarlet fever | St. Marylebone | (3.57) | Hampstead | (2.36) |
| Enteric fever | Westminster | (0.18) | Willesden | (0.10) |
| (per 1,000 births). | ||||
| Puerperal fever | Kensington | (3.87) | Hampstead | (0.75) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | Hampstead | (8.29) | St. Marylebone | (4.03) |
The variations in the prevalence of scarlet fever and diphtheria during the year in the
Borough and the whole County of London are exhibited in the chart facing page 24. The
curves represent annual morbidity rates deduced from the numbers of cases reported in each
week, the rates for 1913 being contrasted with the corresponding means for the years 1903-12.
It will be more convenient to deal with the variations exhibited by the chart when discussing the
individual diseases.
Table 19 has been compiled from the Annual Report of Statistics of Notification issued by
the Local Government Board, such Reports having been published since 1912 only. It will be
seen that there were increased prevalences of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the country generally
last year, and a considerable reduction in the morbidity from enteric fever.
TABLE 19.
| In Extra-Metropolitan England and Wales. | At Ports. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Reported. | Morbidity Rates. | Cases Reported. | |||||||
| 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | |
| Smallpox | 87 | 107 | 193 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25 | 12 | 30 |
| Typhus Fever | 13 | 28 | 64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 113,058 | 96,149 | 94,117 | 3.48 | 3.00 | 2.97 | 81 | 31 | 34 |
| Diphtheria | 43,182 | 37,578 | 40,343 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 53 | 67 | 55 |
| Enteric Fever | 7,355 | 7,561 | 12,706 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 146 | 124 | 122 |
| Continued Fever | 94 | 89 | 153 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1,635 | 1,801 | 1,724 | 2.13 | 2.36 | 2.24 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 18,955 | 18,728 | 20,035 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 18 | 21 | 11 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 73,898 | 77,159 | 2.28 | 2.41 | 308 | 155 | |||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 211 | 0.00 | 1 | ||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 581 | 0.01 | 1 | ||||||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 31,762 | 1.06 | 10 | ||||||
| Plague | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||||
Rates per 1,000 persons of all ages, except puerperal fever—per 1,000 births.