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Paddington 1921

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

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appendix: sickness—cases reported. vaccination returns.

TABLE Y. Sickness: Cases Reported. Borough.

1912191319141915191619171918191919201921
Smallpox.........1*..................
Diphtheria244293286266207227254255461442
Membranous Croup4337224433
Erysipelas1171121411371046656768183
Fevers.Fevers.Scarlet272484738436272124150261501827
Enteric15251018231213101913
Continued......21..................
Puerperal118107872151516
Cerebro-spinal7...210973712
Posterior Basic Meningitis.........4..................
Acute Poliomyelitis623141...521
Ophthalmia Neonatorum31225131202722302934
Dysentery3(a)12
Encephalitis Lethargica3(a)27
Malaria64(a)247
Pneumonia, Influenzal87(a)4527
Pneumonia, Primary83(a)96105
Trench Fever1(a)......
Tuberculosis—Total835664545590526502451391383335
Pulmonary835492397426388355325284277244
Other Forms172(a)14816413814712610710691
Measles†—Total1398124042437217464245151918902034205
Reported13981240111801200154451563260742
Notified313(a)29205462701100412581427163
Chickenpox— Total459599555644468406813261568253
Reported459399555560468406606261568253
Notified84(b)207(b)
Whooping Cough ‡377644558365540325691160357613
Mumps‡341203247167180200680150154494
Ringworm‡267148196125152117111189204122

* Error. † Measles (morbilli) and German Measles (rubeola). ‡Reported, i.e., not notified.
(a) First year of notification. (b) Notified during part of year only.

TABLE VI. Vaccination Returns.

Children Born.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vaccination.Died Unvaccinated.Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 1.4)Vaccination Postponed.Exempted under Act."Rest."Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 6.8)
Cols.123456789
19092,9202,2421120784.22724319015.7
19102,9162,093623279.92635620320.1
19112,8212,0141022879.83136717120.2
19122,8081,990518577.63438820622.4
19132,7941,903319775.24044520624.8
19142,7151,7441118271.33055119728.7
19152,5161,683416373.54342220126.5
19162,3881,555916472.33644418027.7
19171,8431,152713770.33835415529.7
19181,8081,126514370.54130818529.5
19192,0251,245715369.43341317430.6
19203,1962,1061217471.72369418728.3