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Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Tuberculosis.
| Sex. | Age at Death. | Year Notified. | Date of Death, 1914. | Died at | Cause of Death. | Notes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified as Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | ||||||
| M. | 16 | 1914 (Meninges) | Feb. 20 | S. Geo. Hosp. | Meningitis (cerebral): Cause unknown | |
| Under Observation as "Suspects." | ||||||
| F. | 11 | Since 1911 | Dec. 2 | Homce. Hosp. | Nephritis | |
| F. | 72 | 1912 | May 12 | Home | Cerebral hemorrhage | |
| F. | 5 | 1913 | Nov. 23 | Wmn's. Hosp. for Children. | Gastritis: Acute bronchitis | |
| M. | 37 | 1913 | Mar. 19 | Home | Septic pneumonia, due to carbuncle | |
| M. | 26 | 1914 | Dec. 6 | Univ. Coll. Hosp. | Chronic otitis media | |
| M. | 45 | 1914 | Dec. 14 | Padd. Infy. | Chronic interstitial nephritis: Pericarditis | Post-mortem examination. |
The subjoined statement gives the number of cases reported during each of the past twelve years and the number of known "survivors" at the end of 1914.
| Total Cases reported. | Known to have died from all causes during the year | Reported "Arrested." | Diagnosis Varied. | Removed. | Restored to Register. | On Register at end of 1914, "Survivors. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |||||||
| 1903 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1904 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| 1905 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | i | 2 | 16 | — | 4 | |||
| 1907 | 84 | 14 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 8 | 35 | — | 4 | ||||
| 1908 | 173 | 25 | 11 | i | 4 | E | 1 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 62 | 4 | 15 | |||||
| 1909 | 629 | 65 | 25 | 12 | £ | 2 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 309 | 5 | 131 | ||||||
| 1910 | 610 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 16 | 280 | 4 | 171 | |||||||
| 1911 | 671 | 69 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 277 | 4 | 204 | ||||||||
| 1912 | 1,017 | 76 | 45 | 28 | 88 | 75 | 373 | 8 | 340 | |||||||||
| 1913 | 1,015 | 105 | 55 | 53 | 58 | 288 | 5 | 461 | ||||||||||
| 1914 | 688* | 85 | 18 | 21 | 95 | — | 469 | |||||||||||
In addition 14 cases were notified which had previously been reported as " Suspect."
Of the 151 deaths recorded last year as due to pulmonary tuberculosis, 75 occurred at the
patients' homes (34 of males and 41 of females) and 76 in institutions (45 of males and 31 of
females). The proportion of deaths in institutions was equal to 50.3 per cent, of the total
deaths, as compared with 49.3 per cent, in 1913 and 53.8 per cent, in 1912. In the following
statement the numbers and percentages of deaths in the various classes of institutions are
shown for the past five years.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
| Numbers of Deaths. | Percentages of Total Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914. | 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | 1910. | 1914. | 1913. | 1912. | 1911. | 1910. | |
| Poor Law Institutions | 43 | 48 | 46 | 56 | 35 | 28.5 | 30.7 | 39.3 | 34.3 | 27.5 |
| "Homes of Rest" | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| General Hospitals | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 5.5 |
| Special Hospitals | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| Lunatic Asylums | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
| Approved Sanatoria | 8 | 9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||||||