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Paddington 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WHOOPING COUGH.
The morbidity rate (persons) was 4.52 per cent. last year, as compared with 2.64 in
1912 and an average (1908-12) of 316. It will be noticed that there was last year an
increased prevalence among females, the morbidity being 4.27 per cent., as compared with
233 in 1912 and an average of 2.90. Last year's rate for this sex was the highest noted
since 1903. (See below.) The morbidity rates recorded in the Wards are given in Table 34.
Whooping Cough : Morbidity Ratks. Per 1,000 individuals of each sex and persons. Borough.
| 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 1.30 | 4.33 | 3.86 | 5.03 | 3.06 | 4.87 | |
| Females | 1.10 | 3.62 | 3.45 | 3.99 | 2.33 | 4.27 | |
| Persons | 1.18 | 3.92 | 3.63 | 4.43 | 2.64 | 4.52 |
TABLE 34. Whooping Cough. Ward Distribution.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||
| 1913. | ||||||||
| Cases | 113 | 211 | 80 | 70 | 105 | 15 | 30 | 20 |
| Deaths | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | — | 1 | — |
| Morbidity. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 711 | 7.84 | 3.75 | 2.99 | 4.23 | 1.61 | 3.74 | 1.57 |
| 1912 | 4.69 | 2.22 | 1.46 | 2.00 | 5.22 | 1.95 | 1.12 | 0.54 |
| Fatality. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 7.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 10.4 | — | 33 | — |
| 1912 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 5.5 | — | 42.8 |
| — | ||||||||
| Mortality. | ||||||||
| 1913 | 0.55 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.43 | — | 0.12 | — |
| 1912 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.11 | — | 0.23 |
| — | ||||||||
The 644 cases were reported from 363 houses, giving an average of 1.7 cases per house,
the average in 1912 having been 1.8, the same as in 1911, the figure for 1910 and 1909
being the same as in 1913. There were 281 secondary cases, equal to 43.6 per cent. of the
total known cases, as compared with 46.2 in 1912, 455 in 1911, and 420 in 1910. The
house distribution for houses with 2 or more cases is set out below.
Whooping Cough : House Distribution. Borough.
| 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses with 2 cases | 22 | 98 | 95 | 102 | 61 | 110 |
| ,,3 ,, | 16 | 41 | 38 | 51 | 24 | 41 |
| ,, 4 ,, | 5 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 19 |
| ,, 5 „ | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| ,, 6 „ | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| ,, 7 „ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| ,, 8 „ | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |