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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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20
TUBERCULOSIS.
Of the new patients reported during the year, 17 (9 males and 8 females) could not be
allocated to any of the Wards of the Borough. The distribution of the remaining cases
(distinguishing the sexes) is shown below.
Tuberculosis: Notifications.
1914.
Queen's
Park.
Harrow
Road.
Maida
Vale.
Westbourne.
Church.
Lancaster
West.
Gate,
East.
Hyde
Park.
Males
39
58
45
47
72
6
4
15
Females
25
50
34
40
70
7
7
9
Persons
64
108
79
87
145
13
11
24
Morbidity: Persons.
1914
4.06
4.02
3.67
3.72
5.88
1.39
1.37
1.91
1913
6.32
5.49
4.79
6.91
8.26
2.10
1.46
3.03
1912
6.38
7.04
4.50
7.38
8.63
1.29
1.74
2.36
An analysis of the institutions, other than the local Infirmary, from which certificates were
received is here given.
"General" Hospitals 8 (8) Asylums Board Hospitals 3 (5)
"Chest" „ 4 (4) Poor Law Institutions 2 (5)
"Tuberculosis" „ 2 (3) Lunatic Asylums 7 (3)
" Children's" „ 2 (2) Sanatoria 11 (12)
Other "Special" ,, 2 (2) "Homes." 4 (8)
Figures for 1913 shown in parentheses.
TABLE 23.
Tuberculosis: Notifications.
1914.
Quarters.
Year.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Total Certificates received*
417
361
291
310
1,379
Certificates forwarded on
81
72
59
27
239
New Cases certified
185
138
101
121
545
Numbers of Certificates received from—
Private Practitioners
89 (10)†
73 (8)
54 (5)
60 (10)
276 (33)
District Medical Officers
14 (4)
17 (7)
8 (5)
13 (12)
52 (28)
Medical Superintendents of—
Paddington Infirmary
66 (49)
84 (64)
53 (43)
74 (53)
277 (209)
Sanatoria
42 (37)
43 (42)
40 (37)
40 (39)
165 (155)
Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary
52 (16)
28 (13)
41 (17)
44 (20)
165 (66)
Other Institutions
63 (35)
38 (17)
32 (24)
45 (27)
178 (103)
School Medical Inspectors
2
2
2
4 (1)
10 (1)
Other Medical Sources
8
4
2
3
17
*Including 17 communications from Medical Officers of Health of other districts notifying the removal of
consumptive persons into Paddington.
†The numbers of certificates received which related to cases previously reported are shown in parentheses.
The figures are to be read : "89 certificates relating to new cases and 10 to old."