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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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35
DIPHTHERIA.
past year were below the averages. The rates recorded in the individual Wards of the Borough
will be found in Table 30. Last year's rates in Maida Vale and Church Wards were just double
the respective averages.
TABLE 28.
| Wards, &c. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
| Totals Reported. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospital. | Totals Reported. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospital. | Totals Reported. | Removed to Hospital. | At Home. | In Hospital. | |
| Queen's Park | 35 (5) | 32 (4) | — | 1 (-) | 88 (5) | 83 (4) | — | 2(1) | 2 (-) | 2 (-) | — | 2 (-) |
| Harrow Road | 54 (8) | 52 (8) | — | 2(1) | 117 (5) | 116 (4) | — | 1 | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | — | — |
| Maida Vale | 32 (4) | 32 (4) | — | 1 (-) | 52 (3) | 50 (3) | — | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | — | — |
| Westbourne | 74 (7) | 73 (7) | 1 | 3(1) | 82 (4) | 75 (3) | — | — | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | — | 2(-) |
| Church | 63 (8) | 60 (8) | — | 5(2) | 93 (8) | 92 (8) | — | 2 | 8 (2) | 7 (2) | — | 3(2) |
| Lancaster Gate, | ||||||||||||
| West | 13 (3) | 11 (3) | — | — | 12 (-) | 12 (-) | — | — | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | — | — |
| East | 10 (1) | 9 (1) | — | — | 24 (1) | 20 (-) | — | — | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | — | — |
| Hyde Park | 15 (1) | 12 (1) | — | 2(-) | 16 (-) | 16 (-) | — | 1 | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | — | l(-) |
| Borough 1913 | 296 (37) | 281 (36) | 1 | 14 (4) | 484 (26) | 464 (22) | — | 7(1) | 25 (6) | 24 (6) | — | 8(2) |
| 1912 | 248 (15) | 231 (15) | 1 | 9(2) | 272 (12) | 251 (9) | — | 4(1) | 15 (-) | 8 (-) | l(-) | — |
Note.—The figures in parentheses indicate the numbers of " errors of diagnosis."
TABLE 29.
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | |
| Removed to Hospital (1) | 94.9 | 93.1 | 95.9 | 92.2 | 96.0 | 53.3 | |||
| Fatality (2)—Total | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 31.5 | 6.6 | |||
| At Home | 7.1 | 5.8 | — | — | — | — | 14.2 | ||
| In Hospital | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.33 | — | |||
| Mortality (3) | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |||
(1) Per cent, of reported cases. (2) Per cent. of cases corrected for errors of diagnosis.
(3) Per 1,000 persons of all ages.
TABLE 30. Mortality Rates : Corrected. Per 1,000 persons, all ages.
| Wards. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | 1913. | 1912. | 1908-12. | |
| Queen's Park | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.12 | — | 0.12 | 0.06 | |||
| Harrow Road | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | — | — | — | |||
| Maida Vale | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.05 | — | — | |||
| Westbourne | 0.08 | 0.04 | — | 0.04 | 0.08 | — | |||
| Church | 0.16 | — | 0.08 | — | 0.04 | — | |||
| Lancaster Gate, West | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| East | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Hyde Park | 0.23 | — | 0.07 | 0.08 | 007 | ||||