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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
Three patients were reported twice during the year with attacks of the disease, 1 being a
female, aged 66, who had attacks in January and December, and the other 2 males, aged 41
(attacks in October and December), and 38 (attacks in September and November). There
were 2 cases reported from one house in two families, the first case occurring in July, the other
in December.
Twenty-seven of the patients received institutional treatment, equivalent to 24.1 per cent.,
as compared with 16.2 per cent. in 1912 and 18.9 in 1911. All except 4 of the patients were
admitted to the Paddington Infirmary, the exceptions being received at Middlesex Hospital
(2 cases), and 1 each at the Fulham Infirmary and a nursing home. There were only 2 deaths
among the 112 patients, equal to a fatality of 1.7 per cent., as compared with 2.6 in 1912, 7.6
in 1911, and 3.0 in 1910.
Other Septic Diseases.—The deaths from erysipelas are included under this general heading
as they are too few to be worth the labour of separate tabulation. The total number of deaths
was 7 last year, the mortality being 0 04 per 1,000 persons, as compared with 0.04 in 1912 and
an average (1908-12) of 0.10. The numbers of deaths from the several diseases included under
this head during the past six years are shown below.
Other Septic Diseases. Deaths Recorded.
| 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | 1910. | 1909. | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Pyaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Infective endocarditis | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Noma | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Carbuncle | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | |
| Angina Ludovici | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Septic pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cancrum oris | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
The mortality rates recorded in the individual Wards of the Borough fluctuate very
considerably from year to year, as is apparent from the subjoined figures.
Other Septic Diseases: Mortality Rates. Per 1,000 persons.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1913 | — | — | 0.9 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.12 | — |
| 1912 | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.12 | 0.11 | — | — |
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
No case of this disease was reported during the past year. In 1912, 7 cases were reported
(1 after death), and in 1911, 4 (2 after death).
ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS.
Two cases of this disease were reported during the year, as compared with 6 in 1912.
The first case (a male, aged 2 years) was reported from Church Ward in July, and was admitted
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board hospital on the 22nd of that month, being discharged on
the 22nd of the following month. Enquiries were made at the house early this year to learn
the subsequent progress of the patient, but the family had removed and could not be traced.
The second case (a female, aged 25, a servant) was reported on October 15th from Maida
Vale Ward. She had been admitted to Middlesex Hospital on the 13th of the month, dying
the same day as the notification was received. She was ill for about 8 days only. She had