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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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48
MEASLES.
The 1,230 cases recorded during the year occurred in 674 houses, giving an average of 1.8
cases per house, the same as in 1912. In 1910 the average was 1.9. There were in all 556
secondary cases, equal to 45.2 per cent. of the total cases reported, as compared with 44.7 in
1912, 43.7 in 1911, and 46 8 in 1910. The distribution of attacks in houses with two or more
cases is given below.
Measles : House Distribution. Borough.
| 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses with 2 cases | 130 | 104 | 290 | 196 | 191 | 188 |
| ,, 3 ,, | 55 | 55 | 164 | 97 | 108 | 89 |
| ,, 4 ,, | 15 | 21 | 55 | 36 | 36 | 38 |
| 5 „ | 6 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
| ,, 6 ,, | — | — | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| ,, 7 „ | — | 1 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 |
| 8 „ | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9 „ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| ,, 13 ,, | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 18 „ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
The deaths tabled as due to measles numbered 59 last year, as compared with 32 in 1912,
50 in 1911, and 75 in 1910. The deaths comprised 25 of males and 34 of females. The fatality
(deaths per 100 known cases) was 4.7 for persons, 4.2 for males and 5.3 for females. (See opposite
page) The averages (1908-12) were 3.5 per cent. (persons), 3.8 (males) and 3-3 (females). Last
year's rates of fatality exceeded those recorded in 1910, a fact which is against the suggestion
that the higher numbers of attacks recorded during the last four years have been due to more
complete reporting of cases. The fatality rates recorded in the Wards (persons only) are to be
found in Table 32.
TABLE 32. Measles : Ward Distribution.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1913. | ||||||||
| Cases | 198 | 211 | 170 | 160 | 375 | 29 | 44 | 43 |
| Deaths | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 22 | — | 1 | — |
| Morbidity. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 12.60 | 7.95 | 7.97 | 6.88 | 15.25 | 3.22 | 5.48 | 3.39 |
| 1912 | 18.53 | 14.23 | 6.86 | 8.45 | 10.72 | 4.22 | 1.74 | 4.31 |
| Fatality. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 4.04 | 3.79 | 4.17 | 8.12 | 5.86 | — | 2.27 | — |
| 1912 | 2.02 | 1.56 | 0.68 | 5.05 | 2.35 | 7.69 | — | 1.81 |
| Mortality. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 031 | 0.54 | 0.86 | — | 012 | — |
| 1912 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 005 | 0.43 | 0.28 | — | – | 0.16 |