[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 7

Paddington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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sickness.
applies to other Tables in which figures for the two years are quoted. The rate for scarlet fever
was considerably higher last year than in 1913, and increased rates were also recorded for
erysipelas, puerperal fever, ophthalmia neonatorum, and acute poliomyelitis. In a later section
of the report each disease will receive special consideration.

Table: TABLE 4. Notifications.Paddington.

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TABLE 4. Notifications.Paddington.

	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Erysipelas.	Fever.				Cerebrospinal Meningitis.	Acute Poliomyelitis.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum
	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Erysipelas.	Scarlet.	Enteric.	Continued.	Puerperal.	Cerebrospinal Meningitis.	Acute Poliomyelitis.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Cases—
1914	286	3	141	738	10	2	10	1	3	51
1913	293	3	112	484	25	—	8	—	2	22
Morbidity Rates*—
1914	201	0.02	0.98	5.19	0.08	0.01	3.44	0.00	0.02	17.38
1913	2.03	0.02	0.76	3.34	0.17	—	2.80	—	0.01	7.76
1909-13	1.39	0.02	0.77	2.62	0.20	0.00	2.65
* Per 1,000 persons of all ages, except for puerperal fever and ophthalmia neonatorum, per 1,000 births(corrected).

Table: TABLE 5. Morbidity Rates.

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TABLE 5. Morbidity Rates.

Disease.			London.					Paddington.						Kensington.						Westminster.
Disease.			1914.	1913.		1909-13.		1914.		1913.		1909-13.		1914.		1913.		1909-13.		1914.		1913.	1909-13.
Smallpox			0.00	0.00		0.00		—
Diphtheria			2.02	1.60		1.50		2.07		2.09		1.44		1.17		0.83		1.01		1.23		1.22	1.09
Erysipelas			1.10	0.88		0.94		0.98		0.76		0.77		0.97		0.64		0.73		0.73		0.47	0.51
Fevers.	Scarlet		5.54	3.82		2.95		5.23		3.36		2.62		5.63		3.20		2.03		5.57		2.40	2.12
	Enteric		0.17	0.16		0.21		0.07		0.17		0.20		0.06		0.16		0.17		0.32		0.18	0.18
	Puerperal		3.58	3.08		2.83		3.37		2.61		2.64		1.87		3.87		2.86		4.64		1 2.69	3.79
	Cerebro-spinal		0.01	0.00		0.02		0.00		—		0.03		0.01		0.01		0.01		0.00		—	0.01
A. Poliomyelitis			0.02	0.03				0.02		0.01				—		0.02				0.00		0.02
Ophthalmia Neonat			8.08	5.68				17.20		7.20				9.65		5.06				8.35		7.18
Disease.					St. Marylebone.						Hampstead.						Willesden.
Disease.					1914.		1913.		1909-13.		1914.		1913.		1909-13.		1914.		1913.		1909-13.
Smallpox					—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Diphtheria					2.09		1.11		1.10		2.66		1.45		1.37		1.75		1.41		1.31
Erysipelas					0.59		0.67		0.89		0.51		0.37		0.44		0.72		0.57		0.61
Fevers.		Scarlet			3.84		3.57		2.82		3.24		2.36		1.97		4.52		2.98		2.82
		Enteric			0.33		0.16		0.15		0.19		0.17		0.17		0.08		0.10		0.14
		Puerperal			4.22		1.79		1.69		5.49		0.75		2.74		2.91		2.72		2.91
		Cerebro-spinal			0.00		0.02		0.02		—		—		0.02		—		—
A. Poliomyelitis					—		0.01				0.03		0.04				—		—
Ophthalmia Neonat					8.91		4.03				9.42		8.29
Rates calculated per 1,000 persons of all ages, except in the cases of puerperal fever and ophthalmia neonatorum, per 1,000 births (corrected).

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Table: TABLE 4. Notifications.Paddington.

Table: TABLE 5. Morbidity Rates.