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Paddington 1914

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

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32
TUBERCULOSIS.
The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis (see below) numbered 151, viz., 144 from "chronic
phthisis" and 7 from "acute."

Table: Tuberculosis.Deaths of Residents: Borough.

Tuberculosis.

Deaths of Residents: Borough.

Variety. Site.Ages.All Ages.Persons. All ages
0-5-10-15-20-25-30-35-- 40-45-50-55-60-65-70-75-80-1914.1913.1912.
Pulmonary:
Chronic PhthisisM.211384117413684...11...7414415495
F.1124107114685353.........70
Acute PhthisisM....1......111......1.....................57222
F.......1......1.................................2
Acute MiliaryM.1................................................11210
F.......................................................
MeningesM.71.............................................8171617
F.6......111.................................9
MesenteryM.......................................................225
F.2................................................2
Other Abdominal OrgansM..........1.........1...........................2223
F.......................................................
SpineM.......l..........................................1122
F.......................................................
JointsM.......................................................-14
F.......................................................
Other OrgansM............................1.....................1222
F............................1.....................l
GeneralisedM.51...........................1...............71033
F.2........................1.....................3
TotalsM.1542495128415694...11...99
F.111351191146105353.........87
Persons—19142655920142312102511129311...186
19131874118171819231313912671...186
1911268241082715181588923......163

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The total mortality from all forms of the disease was 1.29, as compared with 1.28 in 1913
and 112 in 1911, and an average of 1.30 for the five years 1909-13. The mortality rates
observed in the Wards are shown below.

Table: Tuberculosis: All Forms.Mortality per 1,000 persons.

Tuberculosis: All Forms.

Mortality per 1,000 persons.

Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.Westbourne.Church.Lancaster Gate,Hyde Park.
West.East.
19141.651.791.211.191.780.420.120.79
19131.851.261.021.251.850.740.480.77
1909-131.501.511.181.411.820.360.340.87

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In the following statement the rates for the Borough are compared with those recorded in
the circumjacent districts and the county.

Table: Tuberculosis: All Forms.Mortality per 1,000 persons.

Tuberculosis: All Forms.

Mortality per 1,000 persons.

London.Paddington.Kensington.Westminster.St. Marylebone.Hampstead.Willesden.
19141.711.261.541.491.560.791.17
19131.601.291.231.591.530.640.98
1909-131.701.331.241.521.490.801.16

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Sex-age and Ward distributions of the deaths from each form of tuberculosis will be found
in Table 26.
The mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis in the Borough was at the rate of 1.05 per 1,000
persons last year, as compared with 1.07 in 1913 and 0.82 in 1912. The mortality from all other
forms of tuberculosis was 0.24 in 1914, 0.21 in 1913 and 0.32 in 1912. The rates for the circumjacent
districts will be seen in Table 11.