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Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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MORTALITY IN CHILDHOOD.
TABLE 32.
Diarrhœa.
Distribution of Known Attacks and Deaths.
| Week ending | Dates of Onset. | Dates of Death. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914. | All Cases. | 1914. | All Deaths. | ||||||||
| Recovering. | Dying. * | Deaths. | 1914. | 1913. | 1912. | Cases Dying. | Deaths. | 1914. | 1913. | 1912. | |
| June 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | — | — | — | - | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 27 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| July 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | — | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 25 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 13 | 10 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| August 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | 8 | 14 | — | — | - | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 4 | — | — | - | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| September 5 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — |
| 19 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 26 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| October 3 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| 10 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 31 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| November 7 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Before June 1 | — | - | 5 | 2 | - | _- | — | - | - | - | |
| After November 21 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | - |
| No date recorded | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 24 | — | — | — | — | - |
| Totals 1914 | 149 | 32† | 25 | 206 | 31 | 25‡ | 56 | ||||
| 1913 | 209 | 31† | 34 | 274 | 23 | 31 | 54 | ||||
| 1912 | 115 | 14 | 25 | 154 | 14 | 25 | 39 § | ||||
* By "Dying" is meant "fatal cases known during life," and by "Deaths" those "known on registration
of death only."
† (1914) Including 1 death from a cause other than diarrhœa. (1913) Including 8 deaths from causes other than
diarrhœa. Hence differences in the corresponding column of second half of the table.
‡ Excluding 7 deaths from diarrhoea in institutions, the disease not having been contracted in the Borough.
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